Given the controversial Ashes dismissal of Jonny Barstow that’s been dominating the news and even had Prime Ministers giving their two cents, we were reminded of this little piece we’d stumbled up (just two weeks ago serendipitously) from the Orange Leader nearly 80 years ago. Then, as now, there had been another dismissal given in England that was well within the rules, but debate raged as to whether it was really “cricket.” The Leader’s cricket columnist “Silly Point” was, unwillingly it seems, forced to pen the following.

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