THE NO-BALLING OF JONES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10595, 9 November 1897, Page 6

THE NO-BALLING OF JONES.

' - A SENSATIONAL INCIDENT. " Observer," the cricket reporter of the Argus, who was present at the South Australian match, says " When Kanjiteinhji reached ' 180, the total : was 350, and / just about that stage two of the sensations of the day occurred. • On Friday Phillips bad been fairly startled; by some of the early ones from Jones, and said,' For Heaven's sake, : keep your arm straight; that's- not your English action.';'; In a quiet way most of the Englishmen were growling , a good deal, and all' declared that with his fast ones —those that cub the air with a whistle like Martini rifle < bullets—Jones was bending bis arm beyond nil reason.' ' Phillips had warned him ' again, and finally ' no-balled' him, when Jones dropped at once to a slower pace, ; and an unquestionably ' fair. delivery. , , 1 ' "When ' the fact became known • on the ground it made a sensation second only to Ranjitsinhji's success,'and it would be hard to over-estimate its significance to • Australian interests in . the '] coming test matches. A year ago, after the return from England; I ' watched Jones 'bowl. on this ground against New South Wales, and could see no justification for the English fault-finding, bub then he bowled mainly at the'- Adelaide end, and with his arm away from the pressbox. \\ hen he went ' 0 >the' other end on Saturday there were certainly/one or, two that made one gasp a little, 'and it was no surprise when he was no-balled. ; ; Phillips' ®°, '°" on Saturday,; taken as it was with reluctance and regret, means much more fiihirw - S nhfu Jones * to be* careful in in th« nS'lfv *° r !V 0480 > 6 mMn9 '??Jy^?;P^^on;of ; wtram « 'windjammers. With his command over the ball he would, even at medium pace, he a danbowler, and he lately mademincemeat of a side in Adelaide without bowling a fast one. ,: Phillips' call on Saturday i,' the first note of a mutiny against doubtful bowling ! which may cause much trouble during the present ) tour, and .will; certainly i lead; 0 several English bowlers—Mold /amongst them— questioned at the ;earliest opportunity, i From the Australian point of iHs»Missaiiw

view—and it has already bean : frequently . put in the case of Jones—it may seem hard that after being passed by English umpires for the Australian )■ tour he i should Sbe 'called'just on the ere of ; an interesting series of international f matches. % But the Englishmen , answer: ; 'He ■; didn't , bowl those in England.' * Personally, I think he can' do .without them now, and : yet -be effective. On the question of faab bowling,' or,',chucking, 1 - there is a good deal of mild' deceit practised,' and : men who ordinarily profess; to be purists are content to let the point drift when they are winning a county championship with ; the help of a thrower." ' '' ; .■:■