CRICKET TENSION

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXVIII, Issue 29, 26 January 1933, Page 7

CRICKET TENSION

PRACTICE AREA ROPED OFF TO PREVENT “SCENES” By Telegraph—Copyright —Press Assn. SYDNEY, January 25. The English cricketers have arrived from Melbourne. The New South Wales Cricket Association had roped off half of No. 2 cricket ground so as to prevent a repetition of the barracking scenes which occurred at Adelaide, but Jardine has decided that the Englishmen would not practice to-day. The leg theory controversy continues unabated. O’Connor, a former Queensland captain, says that retaliation is the only remedy. The players .will get “fed up” and call a truce themselves. “The Sun” states that the unexpectedly far-reaching consequences that may flow from the cricket dispute and’ the cables between the board and Marylebone is evidenced by the fact that the subject was discussed during a radio-telephone conversation between the Hon. J. A. Lyons and the resident Minister in London, the Rt. Hon. S. M. Bruce. It is understood that Mr. Bruce emphasised the effect that might follow in relation to Australian affairs overseas. Two country teams at Grafton employed the leg theory, resulting in three batsmen being knocked unconscious. CANCELLATION OF TESTS? HOBART, January 25. “The Hobart .Mercury” in a leading article says: “We believe we express a very general opinion when we say that the best course would be to cancel the remaining tests and allow Jardine and his men to return • to the place from which they emerged. A rest of five to ten years from these contests may serve to restore to the game that spirit which Jardine and his men, with the able assistance of others, have done so much to destroy.” M.C.C. REPLY CRITICISED LONDON, January 25. Prominent cricketers are practically unanimous in approving of Marylebone’s cable. “The Sketch” however, says: 4< Both Australia s piotest and our reply lack a sense of proportion. If the Australian protest was a little rude, our reply is unnecessarily touchy and stiff. Surely it is unnecessary to talk about the cancellation of the rest ol the tour.