BOARD'S BLUNDER
CURT REPLY EXPECTED
■I was prepared for a definite and curt reply from the M.C.C, and, without being unpatriotic, one rhust admit that our Board of : Control handled its case rather badly. A delicate subject requires delicate handling, and the board's suggestion that the England team was adopting unsportsmanlike tactics was a little abrupt for the dignified gentlemen at Lord's.
Before the board protested I wrote an
article expressing the hope that the Australian Board of Control would handle the -matter carefully, and have the question referred to a committee of world-famous Test captains, who were, at the time, assembled in Adelaide" These men, I thought, having had the experience of playing Test cricket and batting against all kinds of theories, might come to some amicable agreement.
But, no. The board rushed in to tho cable office, and we all know the Tesult —a possible cessation of Test matches.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 25, 31 January 1933, Page 8
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151BOARD'S BLUNDER Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 25, 31 January 1933, Page 8
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