BARNDOOR CRICKET
HOBBS AND SUTCLIFFE
"JOHNNY WON'T HIT TO-DAY"
(Eeceived 4th December, 1 p.m.) DELHI, 3rd December. There has been some caustic comment on the barndoor cricket played byj Hobbs and Sutcliffe, following their stolid exhibitions at Calcutta. Both adopted " Johnny-won 't-hit-to-day" tactics at Bangalore. Hobbs batted for nearly an hour and a half for; 38, and then retired. . Suteliffe batted for two and a quarter hours and was unfinished at 56. In the first innings both were run out, Hobbs for 46 and) Suteliffe for 2. It is felt that England's first wicket pair are not giving" of their best, possibly at the.Maharaj of Kumar's orders, as 'Vizianagram wants to win its matches. In Calcutta, when asked why ha scored only five runs iri an hour, Hobbs replied that he was playing to orders, just as lie was accustomed to do for \his county.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 134, 4 December 1930, Page 10
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145BARNDOOR CRICKET Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 134, 4 December 1930, Page 10
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