Canadian Cricket Field Volume 1 1882

:38S THE ýkýADIAU ORIlKET FIELD. The forward play, whlien properly (tone, savon you front tieso SHffl SIiS disastrous rosults, for by advancing your log as far as you can with- out losing balance, your arns vill carry tho bat (when held The Canadian I Zingari will not go to Philadulphia this year, corîectly as abovo miîntioned, but i.ot otherwiso) iii a straiglit lino but will niake a Canadian tour smnlar to that of Vnnpeg nstead. cluso to tho ground, su that nu shooter eau go nander or catch bu Made. The Winnipcg Club play tho first match of their tour at Chicago The great thing in learning to play forward is to find out how far on July 19th and 20th. They then meet Dotroit, Guelph, Hamil-. you can reacli without losing your balance or conunand of the bat. ton and Toronto in rapid succession, p.:i . two days at eaci This is easily obtained by practico in a rmon. Seo how far you an place. stretch out jour leg conveniently to yoursolf without losing your balance, takng care, however, that you do so in a straiglit lino and Port Hope as to following ofl ers: Col. Williains, Presicent; doz't gut it in front of tho wicket. When you haveoubtaied the A. Hugel, P. Robertson, t av. J. Brown, G. M. Furby, Vie- correct moveient in a rooi, try on the cricket ground. Seo how Presiduts ; J. N. Kirchoffer, Captaite ; W. R S.Wadsworth, Tre. far you au reach and put a piece of piaper down whero a ball muay Arr; T. A. Bird, Secrtary. J rton.nittHe . S. Bletcher u pitcli and you eau cover it , piaymg forward ; in tinte and by A. ard, T. T. Bai.les, E. J. Burton. J. H. Balderson. Grou practice your oyeo vill top. you tins spot without the paper. Any Coniitteo : W. B. Hall, W.* S. Blotcher, B. Nicho-l. ball short of tais spot must bo .played back ; if over this spot, it c a bu driven hard along the ground by a quick forward lunge of the amis. GOIrQ lU1DIGiIOin. Inlittin to the leg throw your head forward and dova; this -.-.- - will naturally cause your leg to go forward to support your voight; but stretch it out as far as you eau, and as you do so throw your bat HINTS FOR CRICKETERS. 1 on your shoulder and thon rapidly sweep it at the ball, and if tho -stroko is timed correctly, the ball will be hit clean, lard and ali To the Editorof the c<udiaiua Cricket Field. along the groand. MaIty log lits are tiissed or nddled by uot adopting this plan. Instead of tlîrowving tho liead forward anid down, DEAR Sin,-You were good enough to ask nie to write somo I hlave seen imost players in Canada do the reverse, and nover remarks on cricket. The subject has been so well and ably treated atteupt to movo their leg ; the consequence has been, bail muissed, by others, and more particularly by ny old friend Wanostrocht in lis or, if struck, sent up into the air, catch nade, and wicket lost instead "Felix on the Bat," by Mr. Pycroft in the Oricket Field, and by the of score increased. These observations of course only apply to a " great leviathan " imiîself, that I fuel snoewlat reluctant to enter certain kind of leg balls. It depends upon the length and closeness the arena with such comnpetitors. In the hope, liowever, that overy of tho ball what kind of play should be adopted ; at present I am article written on the subject nay ielp to induce those who play or only speaking of thoso which are nearly straight or well within are learning to play, particularly the latter, to earnestly try and play reach, and cither of good length or a little over pitched. Short corrctly, and thereby becoie proficients in the ioble gaine, I send pitched ones are best played by tappingthen. Those that aro not you somte remarks on what Iconsider essentials, and mnost conducive well within reach are botter left alonu ; you cannot comnr.and then, towards naking a finislied player, and in which I note a lamentable and if lit, the chances are they will'go i). Practice will soon tell deficiency among cricketers mn Canada in general. These are, first : what sort of bail it is; but if you find yourself imissing theni, it is a Proper defence; and second : A good and correct style of hitting. good plan to watch ene without iitting at it. The chances aro you Now, defence depends a good deal upon holding the bat properly, will find you have nisjudged the length or closeness. or both. and having a good and easy attitude at the wicket The bat slould We now cone to cutting a ball. This is one of the p:ettiest and bo hîeld with the knuckles of the upper hand facing the nuipire. iost effective hîits, but iow few there are who do it proporly. This grip is easily obtained. Take hold of bat with bothhands and Many times ene has seenl a player lit a ball back to the bowler put it on your shoulder; the hands thon will assune the position. which should have gone between slips and santimes even pulled in which they should be wlen you are going to play. Unless the jthe out'ide ! This is chiefly owing to the bat being hîeld wrongly, bat is so held it is impossible to play forward, lit round to the leg, and not using the roper action in striking. Throw your bat on or cut correctly. Wrong holding begets had hitting and bad form, your shoulder (ttis bringos the hnds up and the wrists dow ); as generally. The first thing, therefore, is to hîold the bat properly; you do so, shift the foins the scre towards the line in)which th, foo tnid tuepcrhae toovards tu.iein ic the next, and very important thin, is to keep the shoulor well for- the hall is coning. and striko swiftly. Practice will soon give the ward. These two requisites are the great specifics for piaying with a cerrect action. straiglit bat-the first thing to learn in cricket. I have ow given ou my views on what I consider the os sentials In standing at the wicket keep your foot just free of the leg- for naking a good batsman, and in which I notice a great stump ; the guard of two leg will give you this ; then niake a hne deliciency amun Canadian cricketers. lI conclusion, I strongly with a bail just inside where your foot should be-say of thrce or recomumend all those whio wish te excel in the noble gaine to take four inches long ; you will then know where y-nu are, and can nake as niclh pains in practice as they vould iii a match. Bad habits for yourself guard for any stump you please without asking the and style are easily picked up. Try to play overy hall correctly ; umpire. Thîis is far botter than the ugly and absurd plan of nak- mark spots on the ground for a good length ball ; above all, ing a hiole with tie bat for guard. It is annoying to sec some players let the bat be held properly, and the left shoulderkept iel forward. hainmering away witi their bats, and inany of theni asking for Wishing you all success in your new work and praiseworthy guard every time they are going tu play. A hue drawn as statcd efforts to encourage a great interest in the noble gaine, aswers every purpose, and does not injure the ground as those I a, Dear Sir, yors faithfully, mîiserable holes do. Having the foot properly placed, the best attitude to adopt is, W. PcKEIN*o. consider, one simîilar to what eue would have in fencing; that is, let the weiglit of the body rest ou the leg behind the crease, whilst E (&1IQ) the other is throwin forward, not too far, but just enough to give - you an easy attitude. Hold the bat with both hands, but more firmuly with the lower EnuvsNu YmrEs says in the London World, that the Oxford one, and mise it an inch or two off the ground, with the bottom wicket-keeper is called the " Ancient Mariner," because lhe slighîtly inclined towards the wicket. It is in this position ready stoppeth eue il three." for any kind of bail, and more easily wielded than in any other. Lafely sonme ver higlh scoring lias been recorded at Cambridge. Having now got the bat properly leld, foot correctly placed, and On Wednesday, May 24, the Magdalene College Eloven were in all shoulder well forward, the next thing is the playing. Every ball day against Clare Coilege for 394. Mr. W. NK Roe, who the day should, if possible, be played ; the bat should comle on the ball, not before had scored 108 for lis college against Saffron Valdeu, cou- the ball on the bat. tributed 126, and Lord Throwley 115. On the 24thî, too, Mr. In playing furward the leg should be extended as far as it can Polhill Turner scored 124 for thie Assyrians against Trinity CoUege. be easily, at the sane tine that the batter lunges 'orward his arms. On Thursday last a still more notoworthy item of battg was Many cricketers I have seen play the ball without imoving their legs recorded il a match between Caius and Emaiuel Colleges. Messrs. forward at all, or so little that it docs more iischief than good. The C. E. Broughton and G. C. Fitzgerald went ii first for Caius, and result is, they either play over the ball, if it shoots, or under it and at the end of the day they were still at the wickets, Mr. Broughîton, consquently up, and so g't caugit out, each of then not out, 159, and the total, including 35 oxtras, 353.