HIGH STUMPS
Australian Press Association.
NEW CRIGKET PROPOSALS. Yarying Opinions.
LONDON, April 22. Sandham, interviewed rcgarding the Marylebone Club's proposal, said he did not think higher or broader j wickets would make much differcnce to county cricket. " Liinitation of the boundary would encourago hig lutting, hut lio could not see tho point in making all grounds ohlong. Rersonally he did not liko all this tampering with the game. Warner states that I10 is in favour of widening and lieightening tlie wieket if tho eounties think it desirahle. This is only a uatural evolution of tho game. lio also favoured tlio l.b.w. proposal and the limit of scven minutes rolling, but protests strongly against tlio proposal to curtail the boundary, quoting in this connection the opinion of S. H. Pardon, in "W isden's Almanac, 1907. He also opposed giving the hoivler a new ball every 130 runs.Ts it would encourage a swinging hcwler to tho detriment of length and spin.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 58, Issue 69, 23 April 1929, Page 7
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159HIGH STUMPS Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 58, Issue 69, 23 April 1929, Page 7
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