Canadian Cricket Field Volume 1 1882

28 THfE P 1AUDU<,"Ïyl I(flRF7''T ViIELD. The American Cricketer of the 8th inst. has: %f bowling fast ente day and slow the next ; for tuness lie inivariably Oti <' to snalus lit~ ce vî*yslar~ pîctîe îtt. '~x Ci bowlm-s ei stylo he cannt heope toe becomeu a first-class hiatid at it. l0no (if th stallest hits f very sharp practl thlt over telît L et th e voimîg beowler nover get out af r ctice: let hlim iowl a tn our knowledge, with regard to cricket, hias recently been brough a v day, and never bowl them mcchanically, but let him, off by the Australians I their match with Surrey, at the val, ni> think what he is about with every ball that b bhwls. The reasoni 26th of May. whave at te preset t ew good bowls TheSo It appeared theat the County Contunittee had takn lI ciel of En have at bwlinrgmt titnot s fcw gid itwlers in t u Sld popt of pinsto have the wicket in tirst-clss condition, and as thero ns al E galay i ttn bowling is toit upractisl as a i o fl lea people are heavy raimfall f.or some hours prior to the tune of tle gamue, tiley Inent , and tie oln as o if no i irtane at all, andi ci omintg to uan hal covered the crease with a tarpaulinl. Blet when, after tite titi wthout fo t very uno h as sleep does. liad stopped, and the tIos had been taken-- which the Austraansrd Lt the oiwler always take a short or medium run, measuring out lost --the visitmng cob mjais )bjectedj to playing lin the covered for thepuroslersay aeashobehid theiwie, whchh uca f:,r file Plirp)oS s lativa paces I)iîit tbe wicket, iie b cati ground, end aunother wicket had actually to be chosen, uPoni mu l n s way, and thus bu will always start from the same the rain lid operated unobstructedly. place and never oveŽrstep the creasi and get fo alled. L et tlo Comment on titis action is tseless. Contemnptible i8 a Nery mnild plaer n steps taket be always the amie, the nomentums alwe s word for it, and it miîcates to us that the gato neay is what the be the sane, and, mishort, the whole action of run and delivery Australians are alfter fully as much as were> their predecesset should never vary. If this is to bu the ample set at a high class match, on what is in running up te the crease, let him run straight, not crossing hij proleably the finest cricket groutend im England, the fewer the visits footsteps or wagghng about as he comes, and let him makeh last of X.stralian players to the mother country the better for iceste or wagshorte an asc hestte L et him prst ganie."sto>p or twîe alîcrter titait thoeîs hw starteà witlî. Let Ii linmpeet always a full face ti the opposite wicket, and keep !is shoulders in Although the action of the Australians in ttis instance the line of the crease. nay be blamed by sonme, yet in our opinion tlhey onlly did Lot hit putt a piece of paler tini the pitch front fleur ti seven yards . .t. .frot the wicket lie is howling at, and endeavour to drop the ball what nine elevens out of teu would do if sinilarly Situated n t te paper every tun he owls. By this means he will very What association the words Il gate mabney "e have witlh it we slon learn to howl straight and to get a good length, and in timio fail to see. The reason for their objection is very oivious ; tt uesta t, but ntet bctîfefre, lot him try their bowling is not efrectiî e on a hi%ely wicket. Wlenî we antd twist the balls. Twist depende entirely on the way the bail is consider titis, we cannot wonder at the Australians wisinîîg to ield and deivered. If yot tu;n your hand over, yot will tind as take advattae of at wi kut suitd to tue by nature, the first a rue that tde ball will twist im froi lg ; if you turn your hand rtuler, the ball will twist in front the o<u. The spin of a bail also whiel they have hal since arriving in England, and rejecting depends on the way the fingers are placel and utnlasped frot it. onue wlici had heen prepared by artiticial means. They should be curved well roundlte ball, graspinlg its centre awl resting a little over tte seats, and as the hall passes from the hand - - - - - shotild ]eave go of it joint by joint as it were, so that when, guided ,E I by the lttle tinger, -t flies off fronm their tips. it goes away with a CRICKET, ANI) HOW 'o EXCEL IN I'. regular twirl. A good hall, likuteic globe on which we live, bas two InYDt. W. (I. ui:AVE. .iotioins, a rotatory oie and a progressive une. A ian m1-y bu alle to bowl straight and to twist, and yet not bo (Published by spaIl yr ion. ' a good bowler. There is somt>ethinîg else tu b done, and that is to be able to vary pitch and pace and to alter the curve of the ball's Cn.m:IiI.-- Bith. If a succession of balls is sent in with a low curve on te the pitch, and thena t ball follows with a high eurve tossed somewhat Bowlink may lie round-arma or under-hand, and each of these highr in the air, but all the tinte a good length, and going to drop styles cat be straight or creooîked, and fast, medium, or slow. eît the samte spot that the othets have done, the latter will scei to Bowling imay also bu divided in another way into good or blad, but the batsmlat to be coming right up to bis wicket, and lie will pro- it does not thon necessarily follow that the good sort is that u hieli hably play it wrongly, just as lie wîould a full pitch coming straiglt invariably takes wickets, and the had sort that which does not ; fI - oi to his bails after lie has foiled all attempts to get past bis bat go00d bowling is not always successful, thotigh had bowling occasion- witl good lengthls. ally i8, particularly against batsmien who are aware of its quality, N ever bîowl at yoîur uttitost strength - a -iiracy, not speed, is the despise it amcordingly, and paiy the penalty for their contsequently essential part of bowliung, and yoîu cati nue r have mîuch coninand careless play. of the hall when yoit are firing away at îip-top power. Always The only style (if bowling at first was under-hand, and that liave a little in hanîd, to increase the p: ce for a ball or two if generally fast, but the daisy.cutters eveutually gave place tîo David necessary ; variation oef pace withouîîit por, eptiblc alteration in the Harris's leiigths, and when the celebrated Lillywhite brougit round- manner ef delivery is onle oif the most va ued acquirements of the arni bowhg to such perfection, the under-hand style went out of good bowler. If you find you are gettin tired, leave off; never fashion, and now we find e , e.orylboly bowling round-ari. force yourseif. If you are bo,%wling short, h ildd yourself more up- The hand, hoywever, has gradually got higher and highter, and the right, so as to part frinum thle ball at a higher l ývel, and do nit jean delivery is so altering tiat it weidd seem, uiless something is done, forward and overstrain ; tie ball will pitch s1i -er if yeu do. Tie and that soon, the round-ar.i bowling of a fev years back will higher tihe point at which the hall leaves the hand, the greater, in becoine as rare as the earlier unir-hand, and give place teo mere all but very fast bowling (when it is inappreciable), is the curve the shying at the wicket. Tite old rule un the subject said, " If the ball iumakes to the pitch, and the more deceitivE is its approach to ball le thrown or jerked, or if the hand be above the shoulder in te batsmnan. the delivery, the umîpire mîust call no ball." Tte present rude, in Reiember that everything depends oen thi mon you are bowling which the second clause is onitted, leaves too imtuch to the îumîpire, against. If you are bowhng te first.class iatsmen, yeu are more and has not worked satisfactorily. A man is now not ;only allowed likely t4e get thein out by trying a dodge tr two than yeu are by to bowl as high as lie likes. but a great many of our so-calledl borling straight, iver after over. It is seldoum of any use to keop bowlers debberately throw, and the umipires decline the responsi- pegging away at the stuips like a catapult, as a good bat will play bility of no-balling thei. This throwing practico dues no good to inaiden after maidn ; but if you take stock of your enemîy and the gaine, and there is a very strong feeling about that the timte endeavour to outwit bhie, bowl a bit with your hoad, giving hini, has arrived when soie strict rule forbidding it siould be laid down. say. a well-pitched ball on either side of the wicket ; he is very On throwing bowling, therefore, 1 shall not touch. The young likek, te get out by naking a bad hit, when lie would have played beginner-and here as throughîout I iake no distinction between stmaight bowling fer over. If you are playing against inferior per- riglit and left handed boîwlirs-siould above ail thinigs guard against foriners, you necd only bowl straight, ball after ball, and yeu.wil bowling too fast, as if lie dues lie is sure to sacrifice pitch and be sure te get wickets, as no bad players cati play straight bowling straightness. Lot hi begin by bowling at eighteen yards instead for any length of tinte ; they ar" houind to let the bal go by eventtu- of two.aid-twenty, and as he grows older and stroiger lie can easdy ally. work back te the proper distance. The style ho adopts nust h at The question as to whichi is the hest bowling, fast or slow, which cones naturally to timn ; ho will soon find out what suits him depends, to ny inid, oet the state of the ground. To a great best, and thon if ho bowls fast let hun stick t fast bowling, if slow extent, a fast bowler tii a good true wicket is just the inan for a let him stick to slow, and iever let himatmake the comm n mistake good player te score off, for the balls want no hicting ; a snick is