BRADMAN'S PENALTY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17455, 2 January 1931, Page 7

BRADMAN'S PENALTY

CRITICISM CONTINUES A TACTFUL COMPROMISE LONDON, Dec. 31. The Daily Telegraph states; 'One tan onlv sympathise with the officials charged witii ihe datv of disciplining Bradman. the 1912 Board of Control made itseli extremely unpopular. Hill, Armstrong, Cotter, and Hansford objected to the conditions. The present board had to face tho problem of finding a punishment which would save the authorities' face without infuriating the public, so it tactfully, but not very courageously, decided to compromise. As Bradman must have made il) times as much out of his book, it is not surprising that he emerged from the judgment hall with a broad smile. His friends argue that Bradman had just as much right to publish a story oi h.s ute as Grnnmott nau to p.ioiisn u boon on boiviing." AUSTRALIAN COMMENT "ASTOUNDING DECISION" SYDNEY, Dec. 31. Arthur Mailey, commenting on ihe Bradman incident., says: "Bradman returned to Sydney from Melbourne with u gnu on face, but minus xiou. Ho adds: ''There is a strong feeling among cricketers that, Bradman either broke his agreement or he did not, and therefore should Inue been lined i.o.tj or nothing." The general opinion is that the hoard's du.'isioii is mos! astounding. Bradman declined to comment, beyond Saying that his offence, was no worse than Grimmett's; both of them sold the serial rights of their cricket, experiences.