BODY-LINE BOWLING.

Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19463, 31 December 1934, Page 8

BODY-LINE BOWLING.

MR A. W. CARR’S COMMENT NOTTS COMMITTEE CRITIOIBEI* A WEAK-KNEED LOT. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright, LONDON, Dec. '2B'. “ If I were Voce I would pack up for good,” said Mr A. W. Carr, commenting on the Notts apology. Ha added: “ Notts had not been open with public, and made an awful mess when it issued the bulletin regarding Voce’s shin trouble on August 13, which, obviously, was untrue. Voce was perfectly. fit to bowl, the third day. The committee are a weak-kneed lot ~ and have let Larwood, Voce and myself down.” | Vooe Deollnea to Bpeak, Voce in an interview expressed surprise when he read about the resciu- a tion but firmly said: “I have nothing J to say.” .1 Secretary’s Statement. ■ Mr Brown, the Notts secretary, issued a statement that the committee received a letter from Mr Findlay, seo- ■ retary of the Marylebone Club en- ■ closing a copy of the letter from Mr Bushby, the Australian manager, complaining of Voce's bowling. Complaint Justified. The committee, after careful consideration considered that Voce’s two overs' on August 13 justified the com- [ plaint, whereupon the resolution deprecating the overs and deciding upon measures to prevent their recurrence was passed. A copy' of the resolution was forwarded to Mr Findlay. .As the correspondence was marked “ private and confidential” is was impossible, to publish the fact until it was disclosed in Australia. Notts had communicated with the Board of Control. ENGLISH PRESS CRITICISM. NO MORE TEST MATCHES. > «;■ y 1 United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. CopyrljnL LONDON, Dec. 29. The Weekly Dispatch, under the headings' “Abominable treatment. of \ Larwood and Voce,” says, “Stop this conspiracy of stop , the test matches. {■ Tell Australia we are going to play 1 cricket in the fresh, clean way we '1 have played it for centuries. We will not alter our way of playing it just to let Australia win, and we shall play j our best players. "It is foolish to say this is a matter of Empire goodwill. Australia and Britain will always be on terms of brotherhood.”

The Observer says: “The whole dunclad of secret diplomacy is remote from the spirit of sport. The public hope to hear nothing of test matches for a long time.”' Writing in the Sunday Express Carr says:—“When Voce arrived /on the ground on the morning -after the .two overs he was told: ‘There is nothing in the match now. You are- not wanted to-day.’ I went to the offloe and said: ‘I suppose the Australians have objected.’ I was told tney had not.

“Dr Gauld, honorary secretary of the Notts Club, said: “Voce has sore shins and I think he should be rested.’ I went to a committee meeting a fortnight later and asked why Voce was withdrawn and if the Australians had complained. Dr. Gauld replied. ‘Yes. they did.’ I suggested that Voce was perfectly well and able to play and should not have been dropped. “The chairman said I must with- ' draw that remark or leave the meeting. I replied that I would withdraw nothing. I left the room and tendered my resignation. Now I have been dropped from the captaincy." •»

MATTER NOW OVER. BOARD OF CONTROL’S ATTITUDE. United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright, 1. SYDNEY, Dec. 30, . 1 The Cricket Board of Control lias completed its consideration of the reports of the manager and treasurer of • the Australian team which' toured Eng- ■.[ land this year. . './ .! After 'the meeting the secretary, Mr Jeans, said the board had not passed any resolution about, the body-line bowling incidents mentioned in the manager’s report and no message was to be sent to the. Alarylebone Club. “So far as' we are concerned," said' Mr Jeans, “the matter is now over." The letter of the AI.C.C. to the Australian manager added that the Alarylebone Club felt that Air H. Biishby, the Australian team’s' manager, would know now hoxv much the Alarylebone . i Club’s committee regretted fhe incident, and expressed the hope that nothing .of the kind would . happen again.

LATER. , CONTROVERSY RE-KINDLED. ATTACKS ON AUSTRALIA. UNJUSTIFIABLE COAIAIENTS., . United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright (Received Dec. 31, 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, Dec. 30. t! Despite Australia’s decision to bury the body-line controversy, certain English nexvspapers are revelling in the fresh opportunity to attack Australia and Alarylebone.. Others are antagonistic towards the Larwood- \ r oc\? type of bowling. Alany of the comments are lamentably lopsided. They charge Australia with squealing, and suggest that an Australian sub-committee may pick an English team and also recommend the use of a soft ball.