VOCE AND LARWOOD
EXCLUSION JUSTIFIED
LORD HAWKE'S OPINION
(Received January 31, 11 a.m.)
LONDON, January 30,
Lord Hawke, at tie Yorkshire Cricket Club meeting, stated emphatically that the Australian* had a perfect right to complain against. Voce's two overs at Nottingham, which,' according to the evidence, constituted a direct attack on the batsmaju Lord Hawke protested against Prees complaints of tho Test selectors' omission of two players, thpugh one had said that he had no desire and no intention to play j against the Australians. .. The other player was similarly rendered ineligible by a statement in tlie Press that ho would not play agaiiast tho Australians. Lord Hawke said that he believed that direct bowling was extinct. He did not expect umpires would ever be called on to act. Yorkshire would never stand for persistent short fast bowling on the line otf a batsman standing clear of the wicket. •
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Evening Post, Issue 26, 31 January 1935, Page 13
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