THE BODY-LINE.
INSIDIOUS CANKER.
Australian Team May Not Go
To England 1934.
BATSMEN " BATTERED" OUT.
(United P.A.—Electric Telegraph—Copyright)
(Received 11 a.m.)
SYDNEY, this day.
At a meeting of the New South Wales Cricket Association body-line bowling was denounced by Mr. E. Dwyer, one of the three Australian selectors, and Mr. Oxlade, a member of the Board of Control. They said the board would probably decide not to send a team to England next year unless something was done.
Tho association resolved unanimously:—"That body-line bowling is against the best interests of the game, and the New South Wales Cricket Association urges all affiliated clubs and associations to discourage it."
Mr. Dwyer said: "We must remove this insidious canker from the game, and if we do not I sincerely hope Australia will not send a team to England. Last season I saw some of our most prominent batsmen almost 'battered' out of the game. To have seen the bruised bodies which I saw was to be filled with pity."
Other speakers criticised the M.C.C. captain, D. R. Jardine, who was accused of putting the winning of the game before the game itself.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 85, 11 April 1933, Page 7
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