“Leg Theory” Bowling
Sir, —While writing my opinion on the “leg theory” attack adopted by certain English bowlers, I do so without reference to any recent incidents, but merely to welcome it into the cricket world and to congratulate Bowes and his coach Jack Hearne, .who I think were the originators o£ the theory, for evolving a means whereby the bowlers can get the upper hand of the batsmen; whether they be batsmen o£ another English county, the South Africans or Indians, it is all one. Ever since the dawn of the great game batsmen have had the “pull” over the attack, and being a cricketer who appreciates the difficulties of a bowler and the very limited tactics he can employ, I delight to know he has another up his sleeve, which may ring the death-knell of mammoth totals, a veritable abhorrence to true cricketers, and which is more apt to do cricket harm than an occasionally wounded batsman who has failed to clout a leg pitched ball for six.—l.>nm, etc., “SAHIB.” Wellington, January 17.
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Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 97, 18 January 1933, Page 11
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