CRICKET.
“DEGRADING TEST CRICKET.” ATHLETIC NEWS PROTEST. by cable-press association—copyright. Received Oct. 28, 9.50 a.in. LONDON, Oct. 27. The Athletic News, in an article headed, ‘‘Degrading test cricket,” “Tariff that should be banned,” roundly condemns the proposal of an Australian firm seeking an advertisement and offering cash bonuses to Australian players for outstanding performances. It' adds: If a player will not do. his uttermost without these specious inducements he is not worth his place in a team, nor is the acceptance of a tenner for a century within England’s idea of amateurism. No doubt the Australian cricketer is not much troubled about the label, or shall we say his conception of amateurism is quite foreign to. our rule. There is not much likelihood of either the English or Australian Boards of Control interfering with these obnoxious proposals. Yet it. might be worth while to take action forbidding players to accept such prizes.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 28 October 1924, Page 7
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154CRICKET. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 28 October 1924, Page 7
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