CRICKET

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18467, 4 August 1934, Page 7

CRICKET

IS IT LEGAL? THE BANNING OF WIVES LONDON, July 24. “Is it legal to thus separate a man from his wife?” asks a lawyer in an article in the Daily Mail, discussing “the apparently unsympathetic” enforced baehelordom Die Australian Board ot Control imposes on the cricketers. 110 adds: “The Australans are pretty good lawyers, and it must be examined closely whether the contract could be voided on the ground of public policy. “Moreover, wills restraining marriage arc defeated on such ground, while a will making a separation a condition of enjoyment would have the condition abolished. “Consequently one wonders why the board’s object was not obtained by implication such as giving only tickets for hotel accommodation expenses for one. “Although cricketers as men of honor would not challenge the validity of the document, their wives might- some day do so. “The Australan law apparently affords an efficient weapon, as before a married Australian can leave the country he must have his wife’s permission.” PAYMENTS FOR TESTS LONDON, July 23. Commenting foil the fact that English amateurs are staying at Harrogate and the processionals at Leeds, the Evening Standard says: “It is not to bo wondered that the professionals prefer to avoid the expense of travelling. Considering the gates drawn and the responsibility carried, professionals ought not to have to keep themselves during a test from a payment of £40.” The Daily Express says: “The professionals have asked for a substantial increase from the M.C.C., which has referred them to the English Board of Control.”