CRICKET DISPUTE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22046, 28 February 1935, Page 11

CRICKET DISPUTE

NOTTS COUNTY CLUB

ATTITUDE TO BOWLING

ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETS TWO RESOLUTIONS PASSED By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received February 27, 9.35 p.m.) LONDON. Feb. US Notts County Cricket Club' was given a further opportunity to clarify the position regarding directattack bowling, as the result o* a full meeting of the Advisory County Committee at Lord's. The meeting lasted two hours. The Middlesex Club proposed and the Lancashire Club seconded the appended resolution, which was carried unanimously (Notts abstaining from voting), in which the following was pointed out:— " (1) Although Notts' internal affairs were solely the concern of the club, yet the counties and the well-being of cricket are intimately affected by the general position.

Club and Agreement " (2) The meeting considers that Notts on occasions in 1934 did not abide by the agreement of the Board §g* of Control Advisory Committee, reached on November 23, d 933, whereby it was expected that the question of fast, short leg-side bowling would be settled by the goodwill of captains and co-op-eration. " (3) While noting Notts' decision to abide by Marylebone's rules 4 and 2, the meeting finds it difficult to reconcile that statement with the resolution passed on January 16. " (4) In view of the' 1935 championship it is essential that Notts issua jc t an authoritative statement whether it stands by the resolution of November 21 concerning direct-attack bowling." The Derbyshire Club proposed and the Surrey Club" seconded the following resolution: —"That this meeting believes the Notts' committee's statement to be in the interests of cricket, but views with concern the members' resolution of January 16 as being only interpretable as approval of bowling contrary to the spirit of the game." The resolution was carried unanimously, Notts again abstaining from voting.

Confirmation by Marylebone,, Eventually, on the assurance of the Notts representative that the resolution was not intended to bear such an interpretation, tlie Advisory Committee decided to defer action until the Notts Club's annual meeting on March 21, when the club's policy can he defined regarding direct-attack bowling. The Marylebone Committee subsequently confirmed the above resolutions.

In criticising the Advisory Committee's resolutions, Mr. H. S. Whitby, formerly Lord Mayor of Nottingham,told a News Chronicle representative that the committee apparently did not appreciate Notts' resolution to abide by the Marylebone Club's ruling;.The vote of censure passed on January 16, he said, was not a vindication of body-line bowling, but an expression of opinion. The committee ought not to have acted without consulting club members. The Daily Mail comments that the Advisory Committee has finally made it plain that body-line is dead.

TOUR OF INDIA PROPOSAL REJECTED TEAM OF AUSTRALIANS (Eeceived February 27, 9.5 p.m.) BRISBANE. Feb. ft Mr. J. S. Hutcheon, a member of the Cricket Board of Control, stated that, after a postal ballot, the board had decided to reject the proposal made by Mr. F. Tarrant, for a tour of Indie by an Australian cricket team. The proposal was that an Australian cricket team should carry out a private tour of India, at the request of the Maharaja of Patiala, who would provide £IO,OOO to cover the cost.

TEST MATCH TAKINGS GAMES IN ENGLAND SUM OF £88,312 REALISED LONDON, Feb. 2ft The official figures for the takings at last year's cricket Test matches between England and Australia are:— Nottingham, £14,569; Lord's, £23,225;j Manchester, £16,227; Leeds, £15,633;' Kennington Oval, £18,658. The total, of £83*312. exceeds the 1930 receipts by £11,032.