TIMELESS TESTS.
Criticism By English Cricket Player. Press Association—Copyright. London, February 8. W. B. Franklin,, an ex-Camlbridge Blue and captain of the Buckinghamshire Cricket Club, in a letter to the Times declares that many cricketers are increasingly concerned at the continuance of timeless tests with the doubtful advantage of attracting large attendances, by which cricket is hopelessly and deliberately commercialised. “The disadvantages include the disappearance of the essence of the game—making more runs than the opponents in a given time,” he says’. "Moreover, the art of making a subtle and successful declaration and the excitement of making runs against the clock are disappearing. It is not even possible to make a meritorious draw. Surely English cricketers can take a stand against turning cricket into a business proposition before it is too late and rescue future matches from creeping paralysis.”
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 355, 9 February 1937, Page 5
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139TIMELESS TESTS. Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 355, 9 February 1937, Page 5
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