The M.C.C. reply to the Australian Board or Control is
conciliatory in tone, but it supports the view of the English Test captain, arid adds a protest against barracking on the part of the Australian' crowd and the absence of any attempt to check it. It points out that' • the use of the term- " body-line " bowling -is • misleading - as applied to the practice of what is known -as " leg theory " ; it ..is unwilling to adopt the new law propoSed by the- Board of Control which " would place an impossible task on the umpire " but it tactfully adds that the Cormhittee will watch carefully during the present season._ for anything prejudicial to the best interests of the game. • This is, of course; an expression only of the English point of view, It can be no .rtiore. All the evidence heard has been English evidence. But the- Committee say they- Would' welcome _ a . conference with accredited representatives of Australia.' The unfavourable reception of the cable on the other side shows that the gulf 'remains-`unbridged. The sooner the proposed conference takes place the better. a * • * .
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