Bumpers Barred
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— n TEST AGREEMENTS Allen and Bradman Practice AVOIDING ARGUMENTS
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(Received 1, 12.55 p.m.) MELBOURNB, Marcl* I* It is revealed, that; before th*, fifth Test began, an arrangementi was entered upon between tbe ca$Hj tains, G. O. Allen and Don Brad*; man, tbat no bumpers should bflf; bowled in tbe matcb. -This i cision was arrived at f ollowing all lengtby discussion between tSwr captains and conferences witb of-. flcials, in wbicb the chairman of the Board of Control, Dr. Robertson, took a prominent part. It is known that Allen expreased^th# opinion that as an increase in bumping deliv eries had occurred in receuij matrtjhes and he feared that, ehould thfre be a repetRion in the Text. nn# pleasantness would arise, Bradman emphasised that he was.op*. posed to ghort-pitched deliveries..
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 38, 1 March 1937, Page 7
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