DRINKING HOURS.
CRICKETERS DISCUSSED. DEBATE IN COMMONS. Before the passing of the second reading of the Summer .Time (Licensing Hours) Bill, the House of Commons on June 2 discussed occasions on which longer drinking hours might be justiMr C. F. Pike (Con.) recalled that the Justices had decided that extension of hours was unnecessary at the Sheffield ground during the visit of the Australian cricketers. Mr D. M. Foot (Lib.): The Australians would be the last people to desire it. ' ~ Mr Pike: Mr Foot may be an authority on temperance, but not on gauging the thirst of the Australians or their supporters. . Mr Foot: Bradman says anyone wishing to do well at cricket should leave intoxicants alone. Mr Pike: But watching cricket ,is a dry procedure sometimes. Mr Peter MacDonald (Con.) said that Mr Foot mentioned Bradman as a picture of what a sportsman should lie, but he should have stated that DiGrace, the greatest of all cricketers, was never known to refuse a little al.coliolic refreshment, and it did not injure his average. Mr Foot: Hobbs is of the same opinion as Bradman. Mr H. V. A. M. Raikes (Con.) said that the old timers drank ale and scored centuries on rough wickets. Some of the moderns who failed against legtheory might have found that ale would have helped them.-
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 170, 19 June 1934, Page 7
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