AUSTRALIAN FAST BOWLERS CRITICISED IN SOUTH AFRICA

Wanganui Chronicle, 8 November 1949, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN FAST BOWLERS CRITICISED IN SOUTH AFRICA

JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 6.—A mild! dose of bumpers from the Australian' fast bowlers, Lindwall and Walker, at ‘ Lenoni yesterday has brought a start- 1 iing sequel. Today's “Sunday Times” of Johannesburg, under a streamer; heading, "Australian shock attack begins to bounce them,” says the North-; eastern Transvaal batsmen were thevictims of direct hits. The article, by Ted Nelson, who toured England with the South African Test team in 1947. says that Lindwall and Walker let fly a few dangerous bumpers and gave a foretaste of what the Springbok batsmen can expect in the Tests. Nelson goes on to say that the bumpers, provided they are not intended to intimidate or injure the batsmen, are the legitimate stock-in-ira.de of fast bowlers. This is recognised in England and Austraia, but a danger in the present situation is thati the South African public is not so| veil educated to bumpers and are liable to regard them as unsportsmanlike, especially at Ellis Park (the Johannesburg Test ground) where the barrackers, when aroused, may be just as tough as any in Australia, | judging by the All Blacks’ Rugby match there recently.