SPECIAL COMMITTEE
TO SECURE ABOLITION
The special committee appointed by tho Australian Cricket Board of Control to consider ways and means of having bodyline bowling eliminated from cricket is to meet in Melbourne on April 25. A report will bo drafted, and this1; will be placed before a special meeting of the Board of Control to be held on the following day. The intention is to have members of the committee present at the board meeting to answer any questions arising out of tho report, which, it is expected, will include a recommendation that umpires bo given power to take action in the case of any bowler who is regarded as bowling with the object of intimidating the batsmen. Tho members of tho com-, mittco aro:—W. M. Woodfull (Victoria), V. Y. Eichardson'(South Australia), M. A. r Noble (New South Wales), and B. J. Hartigan (Queensland). ' ■■•;• Reports from England suggest that tho M.C.C. will hold an inquiry into bodyline bowling on the return of the team from tho Australian-New Zealand tour. The "Evening Standard" states that, soon after the return of the team, leading amateurs and professionals will bo asked to give evidenco beforo tho M.C.C. committee as to what happened in the Tests in Australia, and to express their opinion about bodyline bowling and its employment in future Tests and other matches in England. •According to a cablegram published in Australia last week, tho London "Daily Telegraph" states: —"Players' statements' beforo the Marylebone committee will not be published. TKey will reveal a sharp division of opinion. Loyalty to Jardino on the part of his fellow-members has -hitherto imposed completo silence ou the players, who disapproved the leg theory as exploited by Larwood^ When the tour is ended, they will bo free to- speak openly. It is freely predicted in cricket circles hero that, unless a conciliatory step is taken, the Australians will refuse to tour Britain in 1934."
The South African cricketer, Frank Mitchell, in an article in the "Empire Review," discussing the Test matches between tho M.C.C. and Australia^ expresses the opinion that it is improbable that England will see any general adoption of Jardine's Australian tactics. "Otherwise," lie says, "the game will not be worth watching, nor will the players care much for it."
"Tho West Indies team is coming to England this season/ he adds. "Generally they have very fast bowlers. Will tho tactics employed in Australia be used here in order to dismiss their batsman, G. Headley, and will the West Indies captain retaliate on Sutcliffo and Hammond? There is nothing unfair in persistently attacking the leg stump, but it robs-batting of many of its glorious strokes." ■.'
SPECIAL COMMITTEE
Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 85, 11 April 1933, Page 9
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