BRIGHTER CRICKET
PUBLIC WANT IT
THE DUTY OF PLAYERS
A reply .to critics who assert -that the spectator has little or,;no part;- in modern sport was made by-Mr. J. Hi Phillipps at the annual meeting of the Wellington Cricket Association lastnight. The spectator, he declared, played a most important part and was entitled to consideration in the matter of the standard of performances. International sport, said Mr. Phillipps, was made possible by the spectator. It was, only -the. measure of support he gave a game that made it possible for teams to travel around the world and entertain people interested in various sports in the international arena. Therefore, he believed that everyone who was privileged to represent his province or country should embark upon it in the right spirit and strive, to make his performance as entertaining as possible.
Mr. Phillipps referred to the attractive nature of the Auckland v. Wellington Plunket Shield cricket match at Auckland last season. The public wanted to see batsmen who would attack the bowling and ' bowlers who would attack the wickets.,' He urged players to remember this and the fact that they had a; definite duty to the people who paid to see them play. Under modern conditions the game was not only for ;the players on the field. The style of play by the New Zealand team in England had apparent--1 > given much pleasure to thousands in England, just .as the Plunket Shieldmatch 'in Auckland last season had done to those who had seen it. It was pleasing to note the bright performances at Home by young players with the New Zealand tp oi, suchias Donnelly and Cowie. Donnelly had learned to attack the bowling, and -, Cowie had learned to attack the wickets. - Mr. Phillipps said that it..would b<» all to the good of the game if players in the coming season went out imbued with the same spirit. He did not agree that New Zealand; cricket was going back. "We have got to consider the public sooner than o.ur averages," he added. , . _____
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 59, 7 September 1937, Page 4
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340BRIGHTER CRICKET Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 59, 7 September 1937, Page 4
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