A FORMAL PROTEST

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20757, 18 January 1933, Page 9

A FORMAL PROTEST

ACTION BY BOARD OF CONTROL. ENGLISH MANAGERS' DISCLAIMER. ADELAIDE, January I<A cablegram has been sent by members of the Australian Board of Control to the Marylebone Cricket Club formally protesting against the policy of the English bowlers. Australian officials conferred with Messrs P. F. Warner and B-. C. N • Palairet, joint managers of the English team, and discussed the leg-theory bowling. It is understood that the managers explained that they nad no control over the team when it was on the field. The officials gathered together as many members of the Board of Control as there were available, and decided to cable a protest and inform members of the Board in other States. During the dny Warner told the press that Woodfull had apologised tor his remarks on Saturday. This W oodfull emphatically denied. Woodfull Denies Apology. Mr \\. H. Jeim.es, secretary to "-''- Board of Control, called the newspaper men together and stated that V\ 'oodiuil had authorised him to tee lollowing statement on his behalf: "1 did not apologise to Warner lor any statement I made. I merely tolfi him that the matter was not a personal one between himself and myself. I strongly repudiate any suggestions that i tendered an apology to Warner for • uy statement I made." Sydney correspondents at Adelaide describe the demonstration when 01-i----field was injured as the worst ever seen at a sporting fixture in Australia. M A. Noble, in a broadcast speech, said: "Woodfull has given England's representatives a badly-needed lessou. Australia asked for bread, she «?s given a stone. I mean every word ot that. There is no retraction. It is inconceivable that Warner and the M.C.C. should countenance znca methods. "It would appear that England's ae.sire to win at all costs will wot stop them bowling tho leg-theory. There is nothing in the rules to prevent the use of such tactics. Outside the rules, however, there is a common ethical code and the spirit of the name, which prevents players from doing something which by common consent is taboo."