Canadian Cricket Field Volume 1 1882

''he ganme of cricket, for almosest the tirZt tiie in its history, i 13 Lus fro -nt playing better iie n going in o lgaim8t 100 thni fgainst 152.................... about is tuider suspicion , diser.ilit has been est upoin its thiir fime, Now, thlough 1 have put down nothmig for four sources of IoSB. .and the soone thi iattet i, ifted and probtt tu the boittuom, nottt the less mîîatvrmil lecause hard to calculate, the dilerenîce the better it will be f'or everybody concorned. I111 habeen belween good riunners aud bad sceis to be above lialf the score. STat imany will believe mle I eau hardly expeect ; but, before any asserte1-we trust. wituont a particle of truth-thlat recently one contradicts, lot him watch anid reckon for îhimself, especially the betting fraternity of Aistralia got boldt of two prominilent where the fielding is not first.rate." un.îibe'rs of Shîaw's Eleven, atnl male propitins tu thelu The above reqluires no comInent sa% e, that anong oursehI &s, to do thir best to lose1 a certain match 'or a giv'en sum of the estiniate on the first three counts miight well be doubled, , and inost bowlers would probaby trebloe that on te sixth. imioney. Matters couild not be settied without the assistance: of a third English cricketer, who took upon hinself to reveal the pilot tu his captiainî, and hence a grave cricket scandai was TOL2BI IU S. avoided. Of course it will be the duty of the captain to lay - - - - -- - c it LrrY a satd necident occurred in EdinlbuIrgh, hy which a boy the fants of the case beore the Malylebone Club d-ectly he namel Heory Wilson, about six yeard of a-,, was killed. The boy retuirns home, and for the sake oi' the reputation of the Old had been playing in the Queen's Park, ru- a short distance fron ('ountry. ail will hope that the inatter as reported has beent exag- some youl.ig mon who were playing cricket, uhen one of tlemt wito ywas battimîg hit the ball iard, sendig it ii the direction of Wilson, gcrated. Over-coloiured or not, the clfair as it stands affords one whom it struck in the side, close toe heart.. Ie was knocked miore instance of the evil ofl'introuting the btig-iito the idown, and twu volunteens who had witiessed the occurrence had re icu feQ iou t bt h removed to the Royal infirnary, but he died before reachmiîg .sacred enclosure of the cricket pavihon. it. The cricketers decamped as seon as they saw what had hap- penled. It is supposed that death was alnost instantaneous.- There is no law of contracts in the constitutionî of cricket Trtoit Miii. save that winch lias traied itself out of the coutrteous usage Mr. W. Essos left fr home lat Tuesday, not to acturni untl after Iuidsuniunîer. By his departure the College Cricket Club loses between clubs, yet we hlid it as inviolable as any stanped by one of its mîost promising members. This is the second good player the seal of authiout, Andl it i-, beau4îît of titis uiniquestivned we has e lust through s'Ainesa, Mi. T. Pardcee also btetiig inable t.. return,. - . CoV(llege 2'imîes. ldu ission that cricket is so fnr elevated above those out-of-door Is Murdoch's massive score f 321 fer New Sth Wales r. p·tswhow' tontracts are so often nîecessarily attested to by Victoria, un 10th February, 1882, were 38 fours, 9 threcs, 41 twos witness to muake binding. Wity then did Trinity Coilege, and 60 singles.-American ' (richtr. finding their challenge te Toronto unaccepted, after arranging PEIlo .- Mr. D. 0. R. Jones, of Trinity Collegu, ias sailed for C 1 England, wliere lie will spend the suîimmer. bv their own overtures a gaine with Parkdale for Wediesday Mr. W. W. Vxe is hias been elected to the place on the Toronto last, throw then over for the Bankers 1 Did they forget that Commllittee wliicl Mr. Morrison resigned. by so doing they violated the laws of courtesy andi fraternity, Mr. F. N. AnMso, tf Orillia, is on a surveyiig expodition and that by such a step) they loft a club in the lurch to arrnge in the Nort]h-West. ti b iMr. A. A. Fitzgerald, for somne years one of the inost active as best they coutil, at the last ioment, a match for one of the m of t Guelph Club, has removed to London. very few public hiolidays of' the cricketing season Mr. R. B. Ferrie, of Hamilton, will nake a trip to) England during the suuier. RE WHO READS MAY RUN. Mr. C. J. Logan hlavingresolved on iatrimuy, vili not be avail- able for any matches played out of Port Hope this season. Il that iiost ainirable work, " The Cricket Fieid," Mn. mîclioFT iiakes the following coimiputation of the loss in an CRICKEri, AND HOW TO EXCEL IN IT. iiiiings of 100 runs fron carelessness and bad judgment in: runing between vickets. Canadian clubs voul do ell to present a copv thereof to every memnber, and invite him to read ( *isled y t'al prist.) it three tines a day bêfore meals, as the doctor says: CuAmn1 I.-B. o. 1. Singles lest fron hits............................ about 10 Cricket, like nost other ganes, miust be pulayed when you are 2. <nes mstead of twos, by not makig the former r<m young, if you wish to excel in it, and a great deal of practice, <puckly and turning for a second, but overrunmng ground patience, anld good teinper is required te becone anything like a ani stolpiig............ .......-----....-.. - ..... " 4! irst-class bat. 3. Riuns thiat mnighît have been stolei fron balls dropped It is of the greatest importance for a young player to have proper anti slovenly handled.............................. 3 i instructions, and to be shown a good style of batting at the begin. 4. Loss fromt fieldsien standing where they plelase, and ning of his cricket career. A correct style and Position are hialf coverig more ground than they dare do withe sharp the battle ; a bad style is easily Icarnt, and when once acquired is r.innuers......................................... 5 the iumost difficult thing in the world to lose. 5. Loss fron not having those misses which result fron Wliat constitutes a good style 1 A very simple question appar- iurrying the field................................. ".4 ently, but one that I find somtie hesitation in answoring. The best 6. Loss fromn bowlers net being ruflled, as they would advice I can give you is to watch soie well-known player, and try be if feeling the runs should ho stopped................ 7 to nake out for yourself what are the essentials of his excellence. 7. Extra loss fron byes net run (with the least " slob. t It is in directing your attention tu the points you are te look for berimg" the rminers mnay cross-though soime play cunmniug) " 6 that 1 feel whatever value these notes inay have will consist. 8. Fromt having draws and slipsstopped, which long-stop In the first place, then, play always with a stright bat. If you could not stop if nearer in...................... .. ... ".5 try to hit a well-pitcheid ball with a crooked bat, and de not quite 9. One mnan runa out............................... 8; timle it, you will be bowled out for a certainty, whereas hiad you hit 10. Depressing« influence of the saime ............... " i at it with a straighut bat you would have saved your wicket. The 11. From nothaving the enly long.stttl, disgusted aid reason of tiis is obvious. Get a frid te hold a bat upright u hurried into missing everythiig.......... ........... ".. front of a wicket, and sec for yourself what a smal anount of the 12. Frot not having the adversary ai wild by these wicket is left exposed ; then lut him.hold the bat across in the style comaîbinued anioyances. ..................... ...... .. of most bad players, and louk at the difference ! The first object - of a batsinan is te protect his wicket, and the straighter hie holds 'Total ... .. ........ .... .. .. ..... " 52 the bat the greater is the protection he affords it.