THE TEST DISPUTE

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 136, 9 May 1933, Page 8

THE TEST DISPUTE

3 P.M. EDITION

THE COMING INQUIRY. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) Received May 9, 12.45 p.m. LONDON, May 8. Larwood states in the Sunday Express regarding the cricket controversy: “The cheque has been returned to me. This time I mean to stick to it.” Mr Thomas Moult, writing in the Daily Telegraph, says: —A special meeting of the Marylebone Club to consider the reports of Jardine, Mr Warner and Mr Palairet will be held directly Mr Warner returns from America this week. On a general principle Mr Warner, Wyatt and Sutcliffe are definitely opposed to the use of the leg theory by England. The emphatic denial that Larwood bowled outside the leg stump during the Tests, and, therefore, at the balisman’s body, has cleared the air considerably, for Marylebone will be convinced of the fairness of the method. It only remains to establish that Larwood did not make the ball rise in order to endanger the batsman’s head. Larwood’s deliveries were seldom higher than the batsman’s thighs. It was the spectacular manner in which the batsmen ducked that made the bowling look dangerous. Marylebone will also consider the circumstances of Larwood’s interview.