CRICKET MANNERS

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10850, 16 March 1921, Page 6

CRICKET MANNERS

AN OLD-TIMER GIVES SOME ADVICE. AUSTR ALIATS _ EXAMPLE. Australian am? N.Z. Cnbia Association LONDON. March 14. Colonel F. S. Jickson (th© well-known international cricketer), speaking at a cricket function in Yorkshire, said that the Marylebone team had met a better side and got a good heating. All that remained to bo done now was to find tho men to recover the Ashes. Cricket was properly played with hat and ball: if men started playing it with pen and ink they were certain to make a bit of a mess of it. Th© pen might slip, and then there was a terrible danger of smudging cricket’s high tradition. Regarding umpiring, there was on© golden rule —select a good umpire and accept his ruling. If in doubt, tho best remedy was one the Australians always adopted—they turn round and run as fast as they can to th© pavilion. He could not remember seeing an Australian who doubted the umpire’s decision. NEXT FIGHT FOR ASHES ARMSTRONG’S FAITH IN HIS SIDE. By Telegraph—Pr*«w Amu.—Copyright MELBOURNE, March 15. Warwick Armstrong at tho Cricket Association luncheon to the Australian team, said the team was stir© to win the Ashes if tho season i« dry; it would he a bit harder if it is wet; but ho believed they would get there in any case At a previous gathering Armstrong hoped tho Victorian selectors would be removed before ho returned, in tho imperative interests of the game.