The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, JUNE 21, 1900. THE CRICKET EMBROGLIO.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1789, 21 June 1906, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, JUNE 21, 1900. THE CRICKET EMBROGLIO.

All lovers of the manly game of cricket must feel a deep interest in the struggle that has been proceeding between the leading Australian cricketers and the chief governing body—“ the I saddest business one has ever known in Australian cricket,” sums up a leading authority. The seriousness of the position can be j udged by those unacquainted with the merits and demerits of the dispute when a Federal Minister steps into the arena to try and quell the rebellion. The trouble created is not to the credit of the Club that in an underhand manner has sought to set the governing body at defiance, and to usurp that authority by winning over the chief -players and making itself the chief arbiter in the Australian cricket world. But the old saying remains true, that no matter how good a man may be at any particular vocation, he can always be replaced. Still there could not bo otherwise than general regret when those on the suspension list included, A. Noble, R. A. Duff, J. R. Duff, J. E. M. Mackay, A. Diamond, H. Carter, G. L, Gatnsey, aDd J. A. O’Connor. Failing a corn* promise the only thing open to the rulers was to crush those noted players from the field of sport in which they have excelled. “ The light,” said one I authority, “ ia for principle and a glorious sport. The cricketing war now started may end quickly, or it may not end for a few years. The young men who have entered into it have done so with their eyes opened. They must know that in addition to the public, the Press, the Cricket As • sociation itself, the leading clubs, and other associations, their course of action is warmly disapproved by other leading players of the day, among them many who have had the honor of playing for New South Wales and some against England. It is a sad | business. Though one has not the least to fear for the future of New South Wales cricket, even if these men | nover again lift a bat for tho State, the cause of tho trouble, the necessity for the suspension, and the suspension itself combine to make the moat regrettable set of circumstances ever known in Australian cricket