REPLY OF BOARD TO. M.C.C.

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20776, 9 February 1933, Page 9

REPLY OF BOARD TO. M.C.C.

BODY-LINE BOWLING DISPUTE, SPORTSMANSHIP OF TEAM , NOT QUESTION EP. (CKITEI? rBESB ASSOCIATION !SY I3LECT«IC teiei|BaVh— copvaiQirr.) | (Received February 9, 1.45 a.m.) 1 MELBOURNE, February 8. The rep|y of the Australian Board of ' Control to t]ie Marylebone Cricket Club, ' which was cabled to London, was released late to-night. It reads: "We do not regard thft sportsmanship of your tesm as being questioned. Our position was fully considered at tho recent meetings in Sydney, and as indicated in our cablegram of January 30, it is the particular class of bowling referred to in , that message which we considered as not in the best interests of cricket, and in this view, we are supported by many eminent English cricketers. HWc join you heartily in hqping that the remaining Tests will be played with the traditional good feeling." TEAM FOR FOURTH TEST IN AUSTRALIA. TWELFTH MAN ANNOUNCED. 8 MELBOUBNE, February 8. The Australian selectors announce ] that B. J. Tobia (Squth Australia) will i be twplfth man for the fourth Test 3 against England, commencing in Brisbane on Friday. The team is: AV. it. Woodfull (captain), W. H. Ponsford, E. Bromley, S. J. McCabe, D. G. Bradman, V. Y. Kich&rdson, L. Darling, T. W. Wall, W. ,T. O'Reilly, H. Ironmonger, and H. p Love.