SECRETARY RESIGNS

Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 18 January 1935, Page 7

SECRETARY RESIGNS

Sequel to Notts Club Censure of Committee

‘GREAT VICTORY FOR CRICKET’

ENGLISH PRESS COMMENT (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright). Received 10.30 a.in. to-day. LONDON, Jan. 17. Dr. Gould who, at yesterday's meeting stated that lie found Yocc unfit to play against Australia, has resigned the honorary secretaryship of the Notts Club.

“It was a great victory for cricket,” says Mr Whitby. “We must have time to carefully formulate plans. At the moment we are overwhelmed by the responsibility of the movement we initiated.”

“Before the harm done to Notts cricket- is repaired we committeemen will be dead. If antagonism towards Nottingham methods of fast bowling grows as it is at present growing, Nottinghamshire cricket will be as dead as we committeemen who are thrown out,” said one committeceman to the Daily Mail. “I cannot give my name because officially the committee must act as a whole, but many will guess my identity when I tell you an old man has lost his only interest in life.’’ “What has been done by the Notts Club is deplorable though not surprising,” says the Daily Telegraph. “Censure of the committee is inferentlally a censure of the manner Marylebone handled the whole matter of leg theory and of the Australian team and Australian authorities.”

“However much we may sympathise with Yoee, we are bound to say we think the report of the Notts committee fair and conclusive,” says the News-Chronicle.

The Morning; Post maintains that leg theory bowling is as much in accord with the letter and spirit of the laws of cricket as off theory. “There must be only one court of appeal,” says the Post. “The issue is otherwise simple but, owing to the confused ideas of the authorities, it was made to appear that the Australians were able to select England’s team. This must not happen again, nor must county committees be too ready to commit themselves to apologies which reflect on their professionals. ’ ’