CRICKET IN ENGLAND.
FAST LEG-THEORY ATTAOK. SUTCLIFFE DEFENDS LARWOOD. United Press Assn.—Elec.' Tel. Copyright. ' ' • LONDON, May 1. In H. Sutcliffe’s first public expression of opinion op 'Larwood’s bowling In his book, “For .England,, and Yorkshire,” published to.-day,,he says; ‘‘On the several occasions when I have faced Larwood's fast leg-theory, attack, I have found it perfectly, fair In every way. Larwood never compelled me to duck or to back a>vay.... ‘‘Nothing ever would have been heard of fast leg-theory, if perfect wickets had not been produced to make good length fast bowling innocuous.” , : ... :
Sutcliffe expressed the opinion that the new leg-before-wicket; rule will definitely end fast leg-theory, but he asks whether the i alteration does not swing the pendulum to far and give bowlers an unfair advantage'.
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Waikato Times, Volume 117, Issue 19565, 2 May 1935, Page 13
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