CRICKET
A FURTHER CONDEMNATION. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—, Copyright) LONDON, Jan. 17, A slashing attack on the... body-line was made -by the Rev. Parsons, who, when interviewed, suid:“What I predicted is happeningrtu .Australia-,- and. 1 do not think that it is finished yet. j. fear that some one','.\vil.l*T>e: dangerously hurt, and then . something -will be done to stop it. . ‘•‘This hall bouncing halfway just outside the leg Jstump, and straight at the batsman’s (head with a leg .side field to stop the 'shots is not only definitely dangerous, hut the present series of tests is proving that it is spoiling cricket as a spectacle by eliminating all the glorious shots of first class batsmen.; A, spirit of misunderstanding and hatred is being created in: Australia at a time when a call for closer relationship is so essential.” ‘
The “Sketch” says: —“The whole question qf the leg theory must be seriously and officially considered.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 January 1933, Page 6
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155CRICKET Hokitika Guardian, 18 January 1933, Page 6
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