A WANT OF TACT
(Received Maroh 2, 9 a.m.)
LONDON, Ist Maroh.
The Manchester Guardian, in an editorial, saysthat however regrettable the barracking' o£ Wilson and Fender was' not altogether unprovoked. The main point is '.not whether the allegation* regarding the barracking of Hobbs are true, but whether tactful players should have reported the scene. If the crowd made itself a nuisance, the tactful course would have beon for Dougla* to protest to Armstrong, leaving the latter to take action. This is not the first instance of tactlessness during the tour, one instance
being Wilson's disputing the umpire's decision in the first Test Such incidents in_ a country where partisanship runs wild does not aesist towards an easeful and feiicitious atmosphere. Why will players or spectators' insist on importing a dreadful seriousness J into r iovous game?
The Daily Herald says : "Australian crowds do not object to Wilaon and Fender as cricketers, but as journalist*— shocking bad journalists at that. Our former protest a.gainst the selection of amateurs as social assets hns been amply justified. Their capacity for sending tactless telegrams ' is reminiscent of the ex-Kaiser. What English cricket needs is new blood,- these amateurs only contributed bad blood."
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Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 52, 2 March 1921, Page 2
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199A WANT OF TACT Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 52, 2 March 1921, Page 2
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