Amateur Batsmen Disappearing
One of the problems of modern cricket is the gradual disappearance of the amateur batsman, writes an English cricket critic. This accounts, no doubt, for the tendency toward slow batting, for, with rare exceptions, the professional has always been more sedate than the amateur.
In the latest of batting averages for the season the names of 31 professionals appear before the first of the amateurs. A very different state of things was the rule 20 years ago. In 1907, the first 30 batsmen consisted of 17 amateurs and 13 professionals, with C. B. Fry, F. H. B. Champain and P. F. "Warner leading the way.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 193, 4 November 1927, Page 10
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108Amateur Batsmen Disappearing Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 193, 4 November 1927, Page 10
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