Bodyline Bowling Not Wanted
GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT REACHED
Received Fridav, 7 p.m. LONDON, July 14.
The counties have had enough of bodyline bowling, says the Sketch, when disclosing that 15 out of 17 firstclass county captains have reached a “gentleman’s agreement” whereby the leg side will not be packed to a fast bowler in such a manner that a batsman, in defending his body, will essentially surrender his wicket. The leg theory, meaning bowling for catches by a slow or medium-paced bowler, will not be affected, however. The decision does not reflect on Marylebone or Jardinc; it is merely proof that less accurate bowlers than Larwood are dangerous, while incompetent bowlers are a menace tending to ruin the game. Rules will not be made, but it will be agreed that bodyline bowling is unsportsmanlike. Apparently Jardine and Carr are the only captains supporting bodyline bowling.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 July 1933, Page 7
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