“BODYLINE” BOWLING
CAPTAINS BAN IT. (From Oob Own Correspondent. ) LONDON, August 5., The Notts and Leicestershire captains made a move towards the banning of “bodyline” bowling when they reached an agreement not to exploit what they preferred to term “ head high” bowling in their match at Trent Bridge this week. A. vV. Carr, the Notts captain, was twice nearly struck on the head by balls from . Smith on Saturday. He said: Somebody is going to be killed if this sort of bowling continues, and Mr Dawson and myself consider that the game will be much more pleasant if it is stopped. Sooner qt later something will have to he done, so why. not now? ”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22064, 21 September 1933, Page 4
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