CRICKET

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19626, 21 October 1933, Page 21

CRICKET

ENDING BOWLING CONTROVERSY HANDSHAKE AND SMILE REQUIRED united Press Association—By Electrlo Telegraph—Copyright (Received October 20, 7.30 p.m.) LONDON, October 20. “We have reached a stage where the most effective argument in the cricket controversy is a handshake and a smile,” said Sir Stanley Jackson, when distributing the prizes at the Leeds Cricket Club, the last cables showing the obvious desire of all parties to the controversy for immediate restoration of the good will and friendliness which unfortunately were temporarily disturbed, and has transferred the matter to a much fairer and more pleasant atmosphere for some time. Everybody here and in Australia will welcome the statement that the game here will continue to be played in future in the same spirit as in the past. In England, I am personally satisfied that the best service we can render towards a really satisfactory settlement is to shut up." Sir Stanley deprecated the growth of too defensive methods, resulting, instead of advancing the left foot when the bowler was about to deliver the ball, in retiring the right foot towards the wicket wherever the ball was going, which was all right when necessary, but wrong to do regularly. Although they received assistance from the leg-before rules, it was absolutely certain that if done too constantly, the bowlers would cry out so loudly that an alteration of the legbefore rule would be necessary. He hoped that barracking would not be stopped in England. The good humoured Yorkshire barrackers, brimming over with spirits, and sometimes beer, was half the fun of the game.