RADIO MUZZLE.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20279, 13 April 1934, Page 1

RADIO MUZZLE.

Larwood Not Allowed to Broadcast. LONDON, April 1. Larwood is not likely again to enliven the cricket world with picturesque language on the subject of body line bowling. A newspaper representative has been informed that if the M.C.C. captain decides that bodyline must not be used, Larwood certainly will not bowl it, in spite of his previous protestations. He has told friends that he has not the _ slightest ill-feeling towards Australians, and that, assuming his foot stands the strain, and that he is selected, there will not be any question of his disobedience of any instructions on fi ld SU bj eC t * e S-theory with a packed Larwood and George Gunn have refused the Broadcasting Corporations's terms for interviews before the micro-

phone, owing to their county committees’ intervention. Proper Training Urged. “ Reflections regarding England’s Test players are not comforting,” says the “ Yorkshire Observer,” calling attention to the absence of Duleepsinhji, and the uncertainty regarding Allen, Jardine and Larwood. The article adds: “ There is plenty of good material left, but only if trained for the job, and not left to the happy-go-lucky methods that frequently cause British defeats in all sports. “ The time has come when averages should not r>lay a leading part in the selection of players, but the nucleus of a team should be chosen and coached from the beginning of the season. “ For instance, batsmen who have a horror of Grimmett and O’Reilly should be bowled at by a googly expert, under the advice of an expert in playing spin bowling, while Robins might be taught control Q f the flight of the ball. Such methods would show the Australians that where the Ashes are concerned we mean business.’* .