SLOW CRICKET CRITICISED
HORPS FLAYING TO ORDERS. By TeleOtsph—Press Assn.—Copyright, tielhi, D£c. 3. There has been eome caustic comment on “bam door” cricket, as played by Hobbs and. Sutcliffe. Following their stolid exhibition at Calcutta both adopted “Johnny won’t hit to-day” tactics at Bangalore. Hobbs batted for nearly an hour and a half for 38 and then retired. Sutcliffe, in two and a quarter hours’ play unfinished, made 56. In the firet inning© both were ,run out when Hobbs was 46 and Sutcliffe 2. It in felt that England’s first cricket pair are not giving of their best, po«r sibly at Maharej Kumar’s orders, as Vigianagrapi wants to win matches, At Calcutta when asked why he scored only five in an hour, Hobbs replied that he was playing to orders, just as he was accustomed to do for his county.
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Taranaki Daily News, 5 December 1930, Page 4
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