Sport briefly

Press, 27 February 1980, Page 44

Sport briefly

Mr Goodall comments

' “They are a good side and their attitude on the field at Dunedin and here, apart from Sunday afternoon and today, has been very good. I would umpire them again,’ said Mr Fred Goodall the umpire who was shouldered by the West Indies fast bowler, Colin Croft in yesterday’s cricket test. Mr Goodall said that after an appeal for a catch behind was given not out Croft swore at him. He went to the captain Clive Lloyd and asked for him to be controlled. Lloyd said he would see to it. ' , . Then there was the incident involving Croft’s re-

moving the bails before the delivery during which he bumped Mr Goodall. “It hurt for a while, perhaps 20 seconds between the shoulder and the elbow,” Mr Goodall said “ I went to Lloyd again saying I have taken some treatment from players in my time, but it has always been verbal. You deal with Croft because we mean to in our written report ■ to the New Zealand board.”

The practice is for umpires in all first-class matches to fill in report sheets to cover many aspects of a game.

Offensive phone calls

PA Wellington The Hutt Valley Cricket i Association chairman, _ Mr Reg Alexander, is receiving offensive telephone calls because of his support for the West Indies. 1 Mr Alexander last week ] publicly defended the West Indians after they played in i the x Hutt Valley and said ; they were not unsociable i and ungentlemanly as sec- < tions of the media had ; claimed. Since the incidents in the i Lancaster Park test Mr ; Alexander has had obscene J

telephone calls attacking his stand. Mr Alexander stands by his comments and says that if New Zealanders had given the tourists a chance some things may not have happened. “These players are wellmannered and they are enjoyable company. People have been quick to pounce on some aspects of their trip without giving them credit for playing cricket with schoolboys and Other aspects of their friendly behaviour,” Mr Alexander said.

Anti-Moscow medals

NZPA London ’ Gtfld medals with an antiMoscow Olympic theme are to be presented to all British athletes who decide not to go, according to a British member of Parliament. The medals will bear the design of the five Olympic rings encircled by barbed wire with the inscription

“Moscow 1980 — No.” Sir Frederic Bennett, the Conservative member for Torbay, is arranging for the medals to be struck. The first recipient will be the marathon runner, Christopher Stewart, who has already decided to stay away, the “Daily Telegraph” newspaper reported.