CRICKET
AUSTRALIAN’S BAD LOSERS
"WEEKLY DISPATCH” COMMENT
LONDON, May 1G
"Every member of the English' test team will buck the captain. Mr D. L. J undine, and, for that reason, theio can be only one answer- to -the Australian cablegram 011 body-line fouling, namely, a refusal to adopt the suggestions,” says..the Weekly Dispatch. > - ’ "None of the team.” the.paper adds, “expects Larwood to use body-line in England, except on rare occasions. The ball here swings far longer in the air and the wickets are iivol.er; also, there is the time limit.
"While the members of the team are frigidly., silent on the- Board - of CqntrnPs methods, they consider- that 80 per- cent, of Australians were; -, (bad losers, while the other .20 per cent; blushed for them and gave the .visiting team an unimaginably good time. Their hospitality was absolutely stag-
gering. "There will certainly be further tests, with Woodfull .probably captain in the next ‘row.’ In Australia it "as the crowd’s row and the Board s 10V. hut net a row between the players. The English, wicketkeeper, Duckworth, in an interview, said that the v.-hori thing boiled down to the simple fi-.nt that some Australian wizards were frightened to death by Lai wood.
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 May 1933, Page 3
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