ADVICE FROM THE GODS
) 1 Barrucking at cricket matches— at 1 least in a mild fonn — may have Itt uses, according to Mr A, E, Lawton The batsman expects applauae when he * hits his all-too-occasional boundanes, 1 but he would be highly indignant if he ■ were to receive expressions of disap- ? proval when he failed to score froni toose or over-pitched balls, Mr Lawtoi. 1 Pbggested that there might be quite n ' gQOd deal to be said in favour of "th voiee" booming aeroas the ground urgmg the batsman to hit it or get out. "We used to have this oceasiqnaHy in the good old days, which reminds mf
of a matcb where the captain could do a.Qthisg right aua. 'the voico' yellea out repeatedly; 'Fut Jones on.' At last the captain could staad it no .longer, so he did put Joue of. Twenty runa wpre scored in Ihe o^CT whereupon 'the • voice' urged: 'Fut Brown on.' Again the capteiu obliged, and again twenty vups arorued. In desperation the captain looked towards the spot where his wcU-meaning adviser was standing. Back came 'the voice': 'Oh, well now you 'd better put the fclooming roller on.* »
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 14, 9 October 1937, Page 15
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