LAWRY ADMITS HIS GUILT

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31662, 24 April 1968, Page 19

LAWRY ADMITS HIS GUILT

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LONDON. Australia’s test captain, W. M. Lawry, confessed yesterday that he had been guilty in the past of fighting negative tactics with negative batting.

“This, I realise, is wrong, and now that I am more knowledgeable and experienced I recognise this type of negative bowling can be overrated,” he wrote in the London “Sun.”, “In most cases, bowlers bowl negatively because they are not good enough to get you out

“None of us can change overnight but I hope to develop an attacking attitude against negative bowling in the future.” Waits For Decision

In the article, Lawry defends himself for “not being a walker.”

“I consider that being given not out when you should have

been given out is all part of the luck of the game. “Far from throwing the innings away, I assume that this is my day, and make the most of it.”

Lawry said that he always bad, and always would, wait for the umpire’s decision. During his career he bad been th; victim of bad decisions and he had also enjoyed his share of good fortune, but never once had he cast reflection on an umpire.

In the trailer for a second article by Lawry, the “Sun” promises: Bill Lawry says England have had the perfect captain under their noses for years. His name's not Cowdrey.”