SPIRIT OF CRICKET

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 96, 20 October 1933, Page 10

SPIRIT OF CRICKET

EVOKED BY OLD PLAYER

F. S. JACKSON'S VIEWS

(Received October 20, 2 p.m.) ; LONDON, October 19. "We have reached the stage whei( the most effoctive, argument ', on th« cricket controversy is a handshake and smiled" said Sir Stanley Jackson (F. S. Jackson), in distributing the prizes at the Leeds Cricket Club. "The last cables, showing an. obvious desire on the part of all parties to the controversy; for an immediate restoration of goodwill and friendliness, which unfortunately were temporarily disturbed, hava transferred the matter .to a much fairer and more pleasant ' atmosphere than for. some time. Everybody hera and in Australia, will welcome . the statement that the- game here will con« tinue to be played in the future in tha same spirit, as in •the past. In England I personally am satisfied that the best service we can render towards a really satisfactory settlement is to shut up." Sir Stanley deprecated tha growth of too defensive methods, resulting, instead of advancing the left foot when the. bowler was- about, to de« liver the ball in retiring the right foot towards the wicket wherever the ■ ball was going, which was all right when necessary, but wrong to do regularly. Although, the batsmen had received assistance from the leg-before rules it was. absolutely certain that, if it was done too constantly the bowlers would cry out so loudly that an alteration of the leg-before rule would be necessary. He hoped that barracking would not be stopped in . England. The good* humoured Yorkshire barracker,- brimming over with spirits and sometime! beer, was half the fun of the game.

Sir Stanley Jackson is.the F. S. Jack* son of England and Yorkshire fam# some thirty years ago.