WOMEN'S CRICKET

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 170, 5 August 1937, Page 15

WOMEN'S CRICKET

"Everything on the Pitch Isn't Lovely" ENGLAND'S POSITION LONDON, Aug. 4. : ''^ftor the Australian women: crickqters' tour which has been a rap-, turous success we shall sit back and think iverything on the pitch is lovely. It just isn't," declared Miss Marjorie Pollard in an article ia the Morninc Post. She agrees with "Plum" Warner and Levesoa-Gpwer that women 's cricket has caught the public imagination, but that if nothing more is aehieved it will !be a miserable failure. The writer expresses disappointment that 80 per cent. of the spec.tators afc the match " at Lord?s were nien, 10 per cent, were women who would neyer play and only 10 per cent. schoolgirls, players ' and. would-be players. There should be more ciubs affiliated in schools and then, there would be more players. "But England has no Antonio, McLarty or Pritchard (members of the Australian women 's team)," continues Miss Pollard. "I agree with Moliy Hide that men cricketera must ooach us. Boy s live cricket at school from the start. It is thrust upon girls later in life. "Men o'oviously eoached Miss Pritchard, Miss Holmes and Miss Kath Smith, Miss Pritchard 's coach cabled her after she had made a ppor scorq; 'gtop jumping at the ball.' He knew what was wrong 12,000 miles away. Our batting and bowling technique must be im--proved. We have simply got to do something about it."