Cricket 1914

250 THE WORLD OF CRICKET. J u n e 13, 1914. C r ic k e t P rove rbs . For pasting up in Dressing Rooms, etc. L end not thy bat to a friend, plead he ever so eloquently. A wise captain chooseth his own team, and is not over-ruled by his comm ittee’s council. If thou art run out, curse not thy luck (audibly), neither cast evil glances at the umpire. Be not too eager to step out to a slow lest it deceive thee, and thou be forced to return with ignominy. W ait for the twist when fielding at leg, otherwise thou wilt lose th y side much glory. When caught thou mayest abuse thy bat. Though none believe thee, yet to one void of understanding this seemeth well. Dispute not with the captain th y position in the field, lest like Uriah the Hittite thou be placed in the forefront of the battle. Be not enticed to the Putting Green, neither cast aside thy bat for a racquet. Except to the expert the ways of Lawn Tennis lead to flab­ biness. ( Epistle of St. Googly.) Enter not into competition with the umpire during luncheon, for verily luncheon is the event of the day to such as he. More­ over, to him is it vouchsafed to chew the cud contemplative, but not so to thee. Select well thy meal, remembering that champagne and lobster salad be unsociable companions. Guard well thy wicket and thy actions, save when put on to bowl, when deception maketh for righteousness. Smoke not at practice. The pipe is for the pavilion and the arm-chair. To improve thy game and keep abreast of the times, study well the pages of the W orld of C ricket . W. R. W. ------------- +■------------- A R em in is c e n c e of D u r b a n C r ic k e t. (By E. W . B a l l a n t i n e , i n The Latest.) O ne w ay and another I get more news of South Africa b y devouring my Latest, which comes so regularly to me each week, but through some peculiar coincidence I saw no reference to Delroy Nicol’s trip to England, and, as he could not find me, I was genuinely surprised to bump up against the Durban boy at Kennington Oval on Wednesday, when the Surrey pros, were out for their first knock of the season. Somehow or other I associate one of m y own cricket perfor­ mances with Delroy Nicol (don’t laugh !),that is, of comparative recent date. I am not saying anything of m y younger days on the " tented field.” Poor old Greyville on this particular occasion were in a tight corner. Nourse and King were to­ gether, with only Ballantine and Nicol to follow. King fell, and there remained about three-quarters of an hour for play, and some 36 runs to win. The crowd started for home as soon as I went out to the wickets, and the grand stand was denuded. Somehow or another I got in one of my wonderful cuts— some may remember the cuts I mean, when, instead of the ball whizzing past point, it went off the edge of the bat just past the wicket to short leg— and we ran a single. Those homeward bound, seeing th at I had sur­ vived the first ball, looked on a bit, and every run was applauded as if records were being made. Well, at last Dave Nourse became rash and was caught from a mishit at long on, and in came Nicol. He came to me and said : " B ally, we want about 20 and over half an hour to do it. I don’t think anybody can get you out." The concluding stages of th at match were amongst m y happiest, and the game ended in a draw. Greyville won the championship, and I was promised diamond rings, motor cars, and all kinds of things, bu t I did get a B ert Shire memorial cap. Nicol has recalled many, many happy days in Durban. Visitors from dear little Durban always do. It was poor Carter Field a short time ago, then the late Alexander Milligan before, while Ted Lansdell and I had a good old-fashioned jaunt when he had done his biz. I t has been interesting to see Nicol in the Surrey nets, and had he been staying over a bit, he would have got some good cricket. He is hopeful of South African cricket, and he says Durban has: gone ahead wonderfully, and as for Herby Taylor, he thinks th at he improves after every knock he has. Delroy Nicol has been prominently before Londoners, for his snapshot has been pub­ lished and reference has been made to his ability as a wicket­ keeper— and “ very nice, too,” as George Robey would say. ----------+ ------------ C orrespondence . To the Editor of the W orld of C ricket . D ear S ir ,— In your issue of June 6th, there appears an article relating to the pace attained by a baseball when hurled' by crack American throwers. The article further states that the speed of a cricket ball when bowled by our lightning trundlers has been asked and never answered with any degree of certainty. This is not entirely correct, for C. T. B. Turner, the famous Australian— though “ the Terror ” was never a whirlwind— once when at Woolwich Arsenal bowled through the electric screens which are used for ascertaining the velocity of projec­ tiles ; and it was found that at a point halfway between the wickets, the speed registered 81 feet per second, or, in other words, about 50 miles an hour. Judging from the above, it may be taken for granted that when Hitch is in form, the leather flashes along between wicket and wicket at about 70 miles per hour.— Yours faithfully, Liverpool, June 8th, 19 14 . G . A . 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