Has Not Signed Contract Yet
BRADMAN - RESENTS ENGLISH CRITICISM. HE IS A GREAT DRAW CARD. Received Thursday, 9.50 p.m. SYDNEY, Sept. 3. Don Bradman announces definitely that ho has not yet signed the contract with the Accrington Club. He resents the criticism from overseas, saying it will be quite time to comment when he accepts, he has not accepted any oiler from anybody. Arthur Mailey, writing in the Sun, describes Bradman as a great draw card. He is quite sure he will not leave Australia without the leave of the Board of Control. At the same time cricketers of Bradman’s type must be given sufficient encouragement to remain here.
Would Be Absent Half the Year WOULD NOT PLAY POE COUNTY Received Thursday, 9.50 p.m. LONDON, Sept. 3. Mr. Crawshaw, chairman of the Accrington Cricket Club Committee, says Don Bradman has intimated that overtures in connection "with his engagement must be limited to twenty weeks. H© would therefore be absent for about half the year. This would not prevent his representing Australia. His intimation that he would go to Australia at the end of the season should be conclusive that he does not intend to qualify for Lancashire-.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6645, 4 September 1931, Page 7
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