"GREATLY EXAGGERATED"

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20917, 26 July 1933, Page 9

"GREATLY EXAGGERATED"

REPORT OF WOMAN'S DEATH. (Received July 25, 8.20 p.m.) SYDNEY, July 25. Miss Constance C. McAdam, a frequent contributor to an Auckland newspaper under the penname of Constance Clyde, writes from Brisbane to the Sydney "Sun," saying that the report of her death, which ha/, been published in Auckland, was greatly exaggerated.

Englishmen had seen this bowling, having previously confused it with leg theory. I am, and always have been, definitely opposed to this style of attack. It may be within the law, but to my mind it»is not in the best interests of the game. It savours of intimidation, and certainly looks venomous. I have in no way altered the view I expressed on August 22 during a certain match on the oval." A. E. R. Gilligan, in the "NewsChronicle," says that fast leg theory created a sensation. The bowlers were certainly well within their rights, but if they were to be allowed to dominate cricket the game would lose much of its charm and eventually would not be worth watching. [The statement of August 22, 1932, to which Mr Warner refers, was a protest he made then against the fast, short-pitched balls sent down by W. E. Bowes in the match between Surrey and Yorkshire.]

JARDINE'S BOOK. LONDON, July 24. D. R. Jardine's book will be published on July 28. It is dedicated to the team, "because of what they are, because of what they proved themselves to be, and because of what they bore *nd forebode."