NEW CRICKET RULES.
DISCONTENT IN ENGLAND. CLUB PLAYERS COMPLAINING. Australian and N.Z. Press Association. (Received May 24, 8.45 p.m.) LONDON, May 23. The sporting expert of the Daily Express says there is widespread discontent among club cricketers with the new widened wicket and the new leg before wicket law. The writer says that, for the first time in the history of the came in England it is being played now under two sets of rules The county clubs are experimenting with the new conditions while the South Africans are adhering to the old rules as are 10,000 club cricketers whose chief complaint is that all the legislation is for the comparatively few masters such as Hobbs and Hammond.
The position is more serious than is supposed, continues the writer. The newrules, if not an actual failure, are not a success. Not a single club in England has adopted them. It is believed thatrepresentations will be made shortly to the Marylebone Cricket Club in this connection. The strong argument will be used that the Australians in 1930 will not be asked to abide by them. The day may come soon when the clubs will secede from the government 'of the Marylebone Club.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20264, 25 May 1929, Page 11
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