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December 1972 75 OLD BOYS' NEWS AND NOTES Ian Johnson speaks at O.W. Luncheon More than 90 Old Boys attended at the Victoria will take up to tea time on the second day of play". on Friday, llth August, to hear Ian Johnston speak Cricket was the only game that has slowed down, on International Cricket, The time and the speaker and this is the feature most likely to kill public were extremely well chosen. The time — the eve of interest. Where, a few years ago, the West Indians the Fifth Test, and the speaker, as Geoff Wagstaff, were dynamic, as a result of several tours in England, Vice-President, standing in for Rohan Rivett, said: much of their zest has been lost. "Though Wesley has provided several Prime Ministers He regretted the intrusion of politics into Inter she has only provided one Australian Cricket Cap national Cricket, which prevented the best team in tain", Who better, then, to tell his story than Ian the world today. South Africa, from coming to Aus Johnson, that Cricket Captain and for many years tralia, He believed that the threatened riots were now, Secretary of the Melbourne Cricket Club, artificially fomented: that not more than 8 per cent lan's first reference was to the current season, to of the public was against the tour, if the situation the complaints of the wicket in the Fourth Test, and had been tested, the fact that an "Inspector of Wickets" had been Ian paid a great compliment to Lindsay Hassett's called in. This led him on to account for the calm and down-to-earth treatment of political demon- success of English teams in England as their ability to bowl more accurately on a spinners' wicket than they can in Australia, In England spinners must spin "into the wicket", in Australia "into the air". The success of the English was due, he said, not to CALLING WESLEY SCOUTS! superior batting but to much better bowling on the 1923-1973 home ground, "Cricket", said Ian, "has been dying since the In May next year the Wesley Scouts cele days of the underarm bowler in 1831". In the 1870's brate 50 years of life. the danger of the round-arm bowl was such that it would be the end of cricket. In the 90's cricketers If ol(J Scouts desire a get-together to mark began to bowl overarm and this was recognised as the occasion contact — a danger to life and limb, certain "to kill the game". Then came the threat from the "throwers" and again L E, LESSER the Jeremiahs said it would kill the game. Yet the game goes on. The risk of killing the WESLEY COLLEGE game, Ian believes is not so much from its dangers as PRAHRAN from its developing slowness. In the 1920's Gregory and McDonald would put down 120 balls in an hour: by the end of March 1973, today, in England about 70-80 balls are bowled in the same time, "At that rate," said Ian "590 balls .

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