BATSMEN TO BLAME
TO'O SLOW ON FEET London, January 16. Mr. Harold Gilligan says: 'The leg theory proves that the people hit at are very slow on their feet. It is not always the bowlers' fault. Duieepsin-
hji and Bradman at best play short pitched balls very easily." Mr. Strudwick says : "A fast bowler cannot control his length as easily as a slow one. I do not think Larwood would try to hit anybody, and nobody would be more. sorry than he if he Rd* I remember that Gregory at Melbourne hit me on the heart thrice successively, but I do not believe for a moment that he tried to." The Star editorially describes , Woodfull's protest to Mr. Warner as I "very dignified," and says: "Many English criclceters would prefer to see us win without the leg theory because it gives the other side a chance to protest. We believe England's job is to win within the rules, and we hope she is going to do it."
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 433, 18 January 1933, Page 5
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