CRICKET IN ENGLAND
EIGHT BALL OVER EXPERIMENT NEXT SEASON v'nPed Press Assr..—Elec. Tel. Copyright 'Received Feb. 23, 2 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 22 The Advisory Cricket Committee has decided to recommend to the Marylebone Cricket Club that the eight-ball overs be tried in first-class matches in England in the 1939 season. It also recommended that there should b® no reduction in the number of flrst-ciass counties as suggested in the Cricket Commission's report. Another recommendation made by the committee is that counties should ensure that their pitches were not over-prepare.d. GOING TO ENGLAND AUSTRALIAN CRICKETER Lnlted Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyriglr. Received Feb. 23. 2 p.m.: SYDNEY. Feb. 23 V. E. Jackson, who narrowly missed selection for Australia's test team, has followed the example of J. G. Lush in signing a contract, to play with Sir Julian Cahn's team for three years. Jackson, the New South Wales allrounder, was considered to have strong claims of selection lor the team for England. He is one of the most promising cricketers in Australia at the present time, having scored several . sea ■: 1 ' ; >I s o securing s.une good bow h i* averages.
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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20431, 23 February 1938, Page 8
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