THE TEST MATCH.

Waikato Times, Volume 113, Issue 18849, 20 January 1933, Page 8

THE TEST MATCH.

WON ON THEIR MERITS.

SYDNEY CRITICS’ VIEWS.

BETTER BOWLING AND BATTING. United Press Assn. — Elec. Te!. Copyright. (Received Jan. 20, 12.55 p.m.) SYDNEY, Jan. 20. The newspaper critics agree that England won the third test on their merits. Both bowlers and batsmen were superior to the Australians. The critics, however, contend that if the leg theory had not been employed, the Australians would have had* a much better chance. OLDFIELD’S INJURY. A FRACTURED FOREHEAD. COMPLETE REST ORDERED. United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright. ADELAIDE, Jan. 19. An examination of Oldfield’s head injury disclosed a fracture of the frontal hone of the forehead. lie has been ordered to rest, and is not likely to play in the remaining test matches.

ANXIOUS TO LEARN. IMPRESSED BY IT IN 1926. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received Jan. 20, 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 19. C. F. Root, the Derby and Worcester professional, in an interview on the leg theory, said: “ I was offered a job in Australia to teach the leg theory after my successes at Edgbaston In 1926. The Australians have done everything possible to learn it. Australian scouts watched every game I played in 1926."

BAN IMPROBABLE. CONTROVERSY AT A HEAD. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. LONDON, Jan. 18. The Australian Board’s cablegram lias brought the controversy to a head. An astonishing variety of expressions is expressed in correspondence in the newspapers and in interviews with prominent cricketers. The Times says: “It is hard to conceive the possibility of the Marylebone Club placing a ban on any particular type of bowling. Probably the present difficulty would not have arisen but for irresponsible chatter of elderly critics in the pavilion and the press, and the craving in some quarters for sensational news stories.”

The Daily Herald says the Maryjebone Club will meet immediately to draft a reply to the board's communication. It will ask for more detailed information concerning the alleged tactics and suggest a round-table talk with the English team. “ However, it is certain,” says the paper, “ that Marylebone will take no steps to ban the leg theory of bowling in the present tests as that would be tantamount to a vote of censure on Jardinc and the managers of the team. The idea that England’s tactics should be governed by Australia is preposterous.” SYDNEY, Jan. 19. The newspapers in Sydney and Melbourne, while they do not object to the formal protest sent by the Board of Control to the Marylebone Cricket Club about body-line bowling, are more or less critical of the board’s contention concerning the likelihood of a disruption of the relations between Australia and England.

The Sun says: “The Marylebone Club might be forgiven, after reading the appalling suggestions of Imperial disruption, if it replied to 'the board with a request to pack its several heads in ice. However, it is quite obvious that the English cricket authorities will give friendly consideration to the protest, in spite of the board’s weakness in diplomacy.” ADELAIDE, Jan. 19.

q’lie English captain, D. R. Jardinc, declined to comment on the cablegram sent to the Marylebone Cricket Club by the Australian Board of Control.

A statement issued by the English team says 'the members deplore the personal feeling that has been shown. They deny emphatically that there is dissension or disloyally in the team and assure the public of Australia and England that they have a loyal caplain, under whose leadership 'they hope to achieve an honourable victory in the test series.

AUSTRALIAN PROTEST. CONSIDERATION BY M.C.C. COMMITTEE TO MEET ON MONDAY United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received Jan. '2O, 9.45 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 19. The full committee of the Marylebone Club will meet on Monday to discuss Australia’s “ body line ” protest. It is not deilnitely known whether a statement will be issued.

COMMENT BY MCDONALD. BODY BOWLING CONDEMNED. INTIMIDATION OF BATSMEN. United Tress Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright. LONDON, Jan. 19. E. A. McDonald, the cx-Auslralian howler, who now plays for Lancashire, in a special interview, said: "Gregory and I have been hailed as the originators of ' body line ’ howling, but we were straight up-and-downers, and howled to an ordinary Held. The new fashion seems to lie lo inliinidalc and hurt the batsmen. 1 am decidedly against 'body line' howling: if I and Gregory were over there we would soon stop it by retaliating. I am convinced that without body-line howling England would not heat the present Australian eleven. A set of rules can never be- effective against 'body line’ bowling.”