AMAR NATH AFFAIR

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 121, 18 November 1936, Page 11

AMAR NATH AFFAIR

COMMITTEE FINDING

CAPTAINCY CRITICISED

(Received November 18, 10.15 a.m.)

BOMBAY, November 17.

It is understood that an investigatory committee, appointed by the Indian Cricket Board of Control, found that the action of the captain and the manager against Amar Nath on the English tour was too drastic, affecting the morale of the whole team. Nevertheless Amar Nath was not exonerated, although it was recommended that he should be allowed to play in international matches if he apologises to the Indian Board of Control.

The committee expressed the view that the captain, the Maharajah of Vizianagram, was unsuccessful on the field, though, a success socially. In future the captain should be selected solely for his cricketing ability.

A cable from Bombay on September 7 stated that the Indian Cricket Board had constituted the Chief Justice, Sir John Beaumont, Sirdar Sikander Hyatkhan, former Governor of the Punjab, and Dr. Subbaroyan, president of the Cricket Association Board, to inquire into the circumstances in which Amar Nath was sent home during the Indian team's tour of England this year. Amar Nath was sent home in June for alleged bad behaviour, and the manager (Major Brittain Jones) and the captain later refused to reinstate him although they had agreed to do so on certain conditions.