ENGLISH CRICKETERS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 50, 26 January 1933, Page 7

ENGLISH CRICKETERS

TOUR OF AUSTRALIA, MATCH WITH NEW SOUTH WALES. COMMENCEMENT TO-DAY. (United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received January 26, 10.30 a.m SYDNEY, Jan. 26. The New South Wales team to play the Englishmen to-day is as follows: Kippax (cantain), Bradman, Brown, Fingleton, Bill, Howell, Stewart, Cummins, Rowe, Chiivers and Love, with Bennett as 12th man. The English side has not yet been announced.

LEG THEORY BOWLING

CONTROVERSY UNABATED,

SYDNEY, Jan. 25. Tlie leg theory controversy continues unabated.

A former Queensland captain, Mr O’Connor, says: “Retaliation is the only remedy. The players will get fed up and will call a truce themselves.”

The Sun states: “That unexpectedly far-reaching consequences may flow from tlie cricket dispute and the cables between the Board of Control and the Marylebone Cricket Club is evidenced by the fact that the subject was discussed during a radio-telephone conversation between the Prime Minister, Mr J. A. Lyons, and the Resident Minister in London, Mr Stanley Bruce. It is understood that Mr Bruce emphasised the effect that might follow in relation to Australian affairs overseas.”

The English cricketers have arrived from Melbourne. The New South Wales Cricket Association had roped off half of No. 2 cricket ground so as to prevent a repetition of the barracking scenes which occurred at Adelaide during practice, but Jardine decided that the Englishmen would not practice to-day.

DANGEROUS BOWLING

BATSMEN KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS.

SYDNEY, Jan. 25. Two country cricket teams a.t Grafton employed the leg theory, resulting in three batsmen being knocked unscious. CANCELLATION OF TESTS SUGGESTED. HOBART, Jan. 25. The Mercury, in a leading article, says: “We believe we express a very general opinion when we say that the best course would be to cancel the remaining Tests and allow Jardine and his team to return to the place from which they emerged. A rest of five or ten years from these contests may servo to restore to the game that spirit which Jardine and his men, with the able assistance of others, have done so much to destroy.”

SENSE OF PROPORTION LACKING

LONDON, Jan. 25.

The newspapers and j prominent cricketers are practically unanimous in approving of the Marylebone Cricket Club’s cablegram to Australdia.

The Sketch, however, says: “Both Australia’s protest and our reply lack a sense of proportion. If the Australian protest was a little rude, our reply is unnecessarily touchy and stiff. Surely it is unnecessary to talk about cancellation of the rest of the tour.”

FRESH RULE NECESSARY.

OPPORTUNITY FOR COMPROMISE

Received January 26, 10.30 a.m. LONDON, Jan. 25. TThe Manchester Guardian, in a sub-leader, recalls that protests against body line bowling were heard long before the present tour of Australia. “A fresh rule or interpretation seems necessary,” states the paper. “The cancellation of the remaining Tests would be deplorable. An opportunity has arisen for the application of that English genius for unspoken compromise. There is also an opportunity to redeem cricket by an exhibition of good temper.” The Guardian’s sentiments are fairly representative of the more conciliatory attitude now prevailing in responsible quarters.

CRICKET AND POLITICS.

SHOULD BE KEPT SEPARATE.

Received January 26, 11.50 a.m. LONDON, Jan. 25. • “Let’s keep cricket as a game and not mix it with politics,” writes K. S. Duleepsinghji in the London Star. “I cannot imagine Englishmen refusing to buy Australian meat and other goods because there has been ill feeling over the game. My only objection to tlie leg theory is that it makes the game uninteresting.”

ABORIGINAL AT BRISBANE

MAY BOWL LEG THEORY,

If tlie Marylebone Cricket Club fails to take action on “body-line bowling before the arrival of the Englishmen in Brisbane, Eddie Gilbert, the aboriginal fast howler, will be instructed to adopt the leg theory when bowling for Queensland in tlie match on February 4 (writes a Brisbane correspondent). This statement was made by a prominent official of the Queensland Cricket Association. . It is said that Gilbert is a faster bowler than Larwood. The Brisbane wicket for the fourth Test will he fast and true if the weather is good. Tlie pitch is well advanced and beautifully grassed. It is stated that it will wear as well as the Adelaide wicket, hut will not be favourable for spin bowlers for tire first few days.

AUSTRALIAN TEAM FOR FOURTH TEST. SELECTION DELAYED. The Australian selectors. Dr. C. E. Dolling and Messrs W. Johnson and E. A. Dwyer, stated in Adelaide that they would not pick the team for the fourth Test, starting at Brisbane on February 10, for some days yet. It is likely that the selectors will delay their choice until after the match between England and New South Wales. They will have to find a new wicketkeeper. aiid the choice may rest between H. S. Love (New South Wales). C W. Walker (South Australia), and B. A. Barnett (Victoria). Love’s form in the match at Sydney may be the deciding factor.