CRICKET DISPUTE
DANGEROUS BOWLING ALLEGED. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright?{F***^ (Received this day ab 10.25 a.m-.), LONDON, August 23,
A cricket controversy has. .arisen over an incident at the Oval, in which J. B. Hobbs,(Surrey), protested against Bowes (Yorkshire) bowling dangerous-, ly. The latter, who- is extremely powerful and ' stands seventy-six inches, says that an occasional ; short, ball is legitimate, and that all fast bowlers, in past used it. Yorkshiremeri resent Hobbs’ .action in walking down the pitch and. sardonically patting the’turf a few yards from the bowling crca.<iß; r ' Hobbs admits that perhaps lie made a mistake but it was done more in a humorous spirit than anything else. The papers publish extraordinary photographs ’of Hobbs protesting to the surrounded fieldsmen in the middle of the pitch. Hobbs says that he (Rd. not '-accuse- Bowed 0 of unfairness; but emphasises the danger of under-pitch-, ing. No tempers Were lost. Some papers condemn Hobbs’ action, while others condemn 1 Bowes* tactics.
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 August 1932, Page 5
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