CRICKET BARRACKING
A PROBLEM AT OLD TRAFFORD,
(Received 7th August, 2 p.m.)
LONDON, 6th August. A recent protest by Mr. J. Sharp, captain of the Lancashire County Club, has raised the whole problem _ of "barracking," especially wnen it is so persistent that the whole side is' upset. Mr. Sharp says : "So bad is it at' Old Trafford (Manchester) that £he Lancashire County team plays better when away from nomeJ. W. H. T. Douglas (Essex) says : "Sharp is a great sportsman, and I am confident he would not take action without sufficient reason. The barracking is usually started by a person who has had a couple of glasses of beer, and the crieß are taken up by the crowd like children. It is time that something was done to deal with the unruly spirits who have been turning a cricket match into a bear garden." P. F. Warner (Middlesex) says : "Sharp is the best judge of the situation. If he felt impelled to take action then the barracking alone must have been something extraordinary, since Sharp would not act without the strongest reasons."
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 33, 7 August 1925, Page 8
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182CRICKET BARRACKING Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 33, 7 August 1925, Page 8
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