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LORD HAWKE SUPPORTS AUSTRALIANS COMPLAINT AGAINST PRESS I (UKITED TRF.SS ASSOCIATION—BY ELEcTRIO ! TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.) 1 (Received January 31, 5.5 p.m.) j LONDON, January 30. | Lord Hawke, at the annual meeting of the Yorkshire Cricket Club, stated emphatically that the Australians had a perfect right to complain against W. Voce's two overs at Nottingham, which, according to the evidence, constituted a direct attack on the batsman. Lord Hawke protested against press complaints of the omission of two players by the test selectors, though one had said he did not desire and did not intend to play against the Australians and the other was similarly ineligible because of a statement in the press that he would not play against the Australians. He believed that direct bowling at a batsman was extinct and he did not expect umpires would ever be called on to act as provided in the new rule. Yorkshire would never stand for persistent short-pitched fast bowling in line with a batsman standing clear of the wicket.
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Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21387, 1 February 1935, Page 11
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