BODY-LINE BOWLING

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 135, 8 May 1933, Page 2

BODY-LINE BOWLING

3.30 P.M. EDITION

INQUIRY TO BE HELD. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) Receiyed May 8, 2.25 p.m. LONDON, Alay 8. ‘ Mr Eric Martin in an article in the Daily Herald says: “A high authority states that the Tests between England and Australia may be postponed indefinitely as the siitcome of the body-line controversy. Now that the team has returned the Marvlebone Club intends to hold an exhaustive inquiry into the circumstances which temporarily ruined the enjoyment of the Test cricket. The first move will be to hold a conference at which every member of the team will be asked to give evidence. “The players, almost without exception, returned embittered. They feel that the treatment they received in many parts of Australia, particularly in Sydney, the home of the barrackers, was contrary to all the rules of sportsmanship. Here are some of the complaints which will be investigated : “The players could not leave their hotels without fear of being openly insulted in the streets. “Frequently they'were molested on train journeys by gangs who entered the carriages and threw- missiles through the windows. “They, were jeered at when at theatres and so many players preferred to stay in their hotels. “The Test matches were played to an accompaniment of continual booing and abuse of the foulest character. “Refuse was thrown at men near the boundary. “An atmosphere of hostility that unnerved some of the players sometimes threatened to end in physical violence.”