Correspondence
| Published date | 01 October 1933 |
| Date | 01 October 1933 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/0032258X3300600414 |
| Subject Matter | Correspondence |
CORRESPONDENCE
BODY
LINE
BOWLING
NOT
CONFINED
TO
TEST
MATCH
CRICKET
To the Editor
of
THE
POLICE
JOURNAL.
SIR,
It
has been argued that body line bowling in the
recent
Test
Matches was a deep-laid scheme of attack never
previously adopted in Sport.
It
would appear from the report published in The Times
of
Ceylon of
rst
May, 1933, that body line bowling is not
just
a carefully thought
out
plan in a highly civilized state,
but
is a natural form of attack even amongst the most primitive
type of player.
The
method in which the striker dealt with
the bowler in this case in an equally natural and unpremedi-
tated manner will be noted !H.
L.
DOWBIGGIN.
COAL
COOLIES
AND
BODY-LINE
BOWLING
BOWLER
ASSAULTED
WITH
CLUB:
COURT SEQUEL
,
This
is like Larwood's leg theory, sir,' said Inspector Clarkson,
of the Foreshore Police, to Lt.-Comdr. Clive Robinson, D.S.C., R.N.,
Acting Master Attendant and Joint Police Court Magistrate, at the
Court this morning when he charged a coal cooly with disorderly con-
duct.
The
Inspector said that the coal coolies at the Kochchikadde
coaling ground were in the habit of indulging in games of rounders,
(' ellay '), during their spare time. At one of these games the accused,
who was
the'
striker,' objected to the bowler throwing the ball at him
and insisted on the ball being sent on the ' off side.'
The
bowler,
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