Another Angle.
Sir Stanley Jackson, presiding over the annual meeting of the Yorkshire C.C.C. at Sheffield a few weeks ago, in the absence of Lord Hawke, recovering from an operation, made some interesting remarks on “ leg theor}'.” When he returned to England from India, Sir Stanley said he was interested to see how close fieldsmen came in on the leg-side. “ Had I been the batsman,” he said,
“ I would not have stood for it. A batsman has the right to be free from interference, and if his attention is diverted by a fieldsman he has a right to complain and ask for the fieldsman
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20274, 7 April 1934, Page 15
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104Another Angle. Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20274, 7 April 1934, Page 15
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