Cricket 1908

76 CR ICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE .GAME. A p r il i 6, 1908. B en d ig o XV. K. E. Burn, b Letli- N. Dodds, 1) Reid ... 26 lean .. ...............24 D. Paton, b Reid ... 3 T. A. Tabart, c Green, B.Pavne, c Reid b b Lethlean ... 20 Cahill ... S R. Hawson, b LethT. D. Carrol , not out 0 lean .............. 0 F. Chancellor, absent 0 E. W. larrison, c Peirce b Lethlean 84 E. A. Windsor, b Harry ..............110 Byes, etc. ... 13 C. J .‘ Eadv, st -— Steward, b Keogh 43 Total ...331 B en d ig o XV. R. W. R. W. W indsor ... 141 8 Hawson 13 0 Carroll .............28 5 Chancellor 22 0 Paton ... 31 1 Eady 23 0 T asm an ia . R. W. R. W. Lethlean ... 65 4 Keogh ... 16 1 Reid .............50 2 Pierce 30 0 Cahill .............39 1 Trott 27 0 H arry ... 45 1 Anderson 56 0 LAMBERT ’S CR ICKETERS ’ GUIDE. SOUTH AUSTRALIA FIRST XI. v. NEXT XIII. Played at Adelaide on February 29. The Eleven won by 154 runs. The Adelaide Observer of March 7tli remarked : “ When the Board of Control decided for the South Australian Cricket Association that Ade- laideans should be deprived of Saturday’s play in the return match between England and South Australia, the Committee of the Association :> ranged a game on the Adelaide Oval between two sides, named the First X I. and the Next X III’., to fill in the afternoon. Three or four hundred people watchedit, and extracted a f- amount of fun out of the two innings,to each of which two hours was devoted.” Score analysis:— N ext X III. A- W oolcock, c & b Townsend .................. 0 H. J. McKav. not out 5 W. Stirling', b Town­ send .................. 0 J. Richardson, not out ............................3 G. S. P. Jones, 0 Chamberlain, b Hill 5 K. H. Quist, c Cham­ berlain, b Wright 15 C. Drew, c Cliamebr- lain, b Hewer ... 14 D. Gooden, retired 39 A. Jenkins, c Jen­ nings, b Hill J. S. Rees, c Cham­ berlain, b Hewer... C. T. Chamberlain, c Chamb?r'ain, b Townsend 13 B 3, lb 3,nb 1 7 x HBuiiu ... .. Total (9 w kts.H ll J. F. Travers and P. H. Coombe did not bat. S outh A u stralia . L. R. Hill, c Rees, b M cKay ....... 8 N. Claxton, retired 33 L. W. Chamberlain, retired .......27 R. J. B. Townsend, c Jenkins, b Quist 17 A. W. W right, not out ....................... 6 B 2, lb 7, w 1 10 E. R. ^layne, b M cKav .............16 C. B. Jennings, re­ tired ...............50 J. H. Pellew, c Travers, b M cKay 0 C. E. Dolling, b Coombe .............. 8 D. R. A. Gehrs, re­ tired ...............38 W . A. Hewer,....re­ tired .............. 43 N ext O. M. R. W . H ill 9 2 29 2 W right 14 3 22 1 Claxton 3 0 10 0 Gehrs 5 2 7 0 Hill bowled Total ..265 X III. O. M. R. W. Hewer 9 1 23 2 Chamber- lain 3 1 3 0 Townsend 5 2 10 3 one no-ball. O. M. R. W. Rees 4 0 32 0 M cKay 12 0 81 3 Stirling 2 0 14 0 Travers 4 0 29 0 S outh A u stralia . O. M. R. W. Coombe 5 1 29 1 Quist 6.4 0 50 1 Chamber- lain 4 0 20 0 Coombe bowled one wide. The Sports and Games Association, of 50, Edg- ware Road, W., have issued a very interesting catalogue, a copy of which will be sent post free to any address upon application. A smaller illustrated price list of cameras and photo­ graphic accessories is also published by the same firm, and should prove very useful at the pre­ sent moment, when cricket snapshottists are beginning to prepare for the summer campaign. (Continued from page 61.) “ In the different modes of bowling, we recommend the Ball to be held with the seam straight between the finger and thumb, but not too high in the hand, nor should it be held too firm, but just so as to secure a proper hold; by this means it will keep steady, and leave the hand with more ease. Aided by a turn or motion of the wrist, the Ball may be made to cut or twist, after it has grounded, and will perplex most Strikers, so as to put them by their mode of hitting, more than the general mode of merely delivering the ball dead from the hand; at least it is con­ sidered much more deceiving to the Striker. It may be prudent, with the commencement of a fresh striker, to begin with slow bowling ; Strikers are generally cautious at first, which will frequently cause a catch ; and if this method should fail, and the Striker succeed in getting runs, deliver him occasionally a Ball as much faster as you can well do it. In both instances take the same space of ground before vou deliver the Ball, and make use of the same motion, and attitude, so that the Striker may not be aware of your in­ tended variation, ’till the Ball is actually delivered ; this mode of bowling is often successful at the wicket, if not, it generally perplexes the Striker, and turns out to the advantage of the Bowler and his party. But it is adviseable generally to make use of such bowling as you are most master o f ; many Bowlers have plans peculiar to themselves, but they cannot differ much from the before-mentioned, as all Bowlers must deliver the Ball with the hand below the wrist. “ A Bowler may practise by himself, first measuring the proper distance, as before stated, viz. twenty-two yards, and having pitched the wickets, sticking up a feather, or making some other mark on the ground, where he intends pitching t! Ball, which distance he must regulate ac­ cording to the pace of bowling, always pitching the ball at the mark so made, and which mark must be in a direct line with the wicket, so that when the Ball is pitched to such mark, it will rise to the wicket. But if the Bowler should practise the twisting plan of bowling, he then must place his mark as far out of the line with the wicket as he may think proper, and in such manner, that the Ball being pitched to the mark, may twist or turn to the wicket, delivering the Ball from the hand, with the body in an upright posi­ tion, as before directed. “ When the wickets are placed across a hill rather sloping, the Ball then will of course twist, or gather to the wicket. The young Bowler should at all times strive to pitch the Ball to a good length, whether straight or twisting, avoiding its touch­ ing the ground more than once between himself and the wicket to which he is bowl­ ing, (except some balls which will cut on the ground) and although we have before mentioned the distance, the Bowler must bear in mind that some degree of varia­ tion will be necessary with regard to the nature of the ground, and swiftness of bowling. The Bowler should be a suffi­ cient master, of the Ball so as to deliver it to any place he may judge proper, and which may be continued by placing a mark as before mentioned. It is well for Bowlers to use themselves to either side of the wicket, as it frequently happens that they are placed very unfavorably to bowl on one side, yet advantageously on the other. Let him fix his eye on the spot where he intends to pitch or deliver the Ball, and start gently at first, increasing his pace in coming nearer the bowling crease and de­ livering the Ball in an upright posture, as the higher the ball is delivered from the Bowler’s hand, the quicker and higher it will rise from the ground. Never bowl faster than you can do pleasantly and well, varying your pace as you may judge proper. “ WIIAT IS CONSI I)ED FAIR BOWLING. “ The Ball, which must be neither thrown nor jerked, should be delivered with the hand below the elbow. If the elbow hits the side it is considered a jerk. It is not adviseable for young beginners to bowl too long at one time, but to prac­ tise often, and there will be little doubt of success. If you find the striker is rather partial to receiving the Ball from one side of the opposite wicket, vary, by bowling from the adverse side ;—this often meets with success. “ DIRECTIONS FOR TWISTING THE BALL WHEN BOWLING. “ Although some directions for twisting the Ball have been given in the foregoing pages, yet it may be proper to give sonie in a more systematic manner. “ It may be well to make a white mark on the Ball, at practice, and by tossing it across a room, so as to hit the floor once, it will discover, on its rising, whether it twists to the right or left, or whether it rolls in a straight line; by this method, and taking notice how the hand was held when the Ball was delivered, you will get master of it, so as to bias it with pleasure. If you toss the Ball to a given point or mark, yet it must not roll straight for­ ward, but twist from that mark to the wicket, which mark but be a little wide, so that the Striker may suppose the ball is coming wide, at the same time it twists into the wicket. When the Ball goes from the hand of the Bowler, he must make it twist a little, by holding the back part of the hand towards the ground, and at the instant of delivering, bring the thumb, with the aid of the wrist, rather under ; in the Laws published in 1816, the arm must not be straight, and the hand below the elbow ; the Ball must not be delivered with the back part of the hand uppermost, by this particular twist after the Ball hits the ground, it will roll the same as when it came from the Bowler’s hand, yet at the same time it must be observed that it will twist or roll from whatever part of the hand or fingers it touches last ; therefor a Bowler at practice must be uniform in his mode, and judge how it left his hand when he gave a good Ball, and follow this plan until he becomes quite master of the science. If the Ball is exactly straight be­ tween where it touches the hand last and the mark which you mean to pitch at, most probably it will not twist; but when it leaves the hand or fingers a little on one side of the straight line which you mean to pitch at, then it will twist after it hits the ground ; for instance, if a Ball be hit be­ hind the man standing at the point, on or near the edge of the bat, as soon as it hits the ground it will twist nearer to the long* stop, this is uniformly the case and on the