Canadian Cricket Field Volume 1 1882

TUE q?-ýýRDffl 9ŠNKBT FIELD. $ will thon know in what direction it shlould be lit. Cover- simple rulo which should guide thei i The rule is ttis: the point espccially should (o this. Let hiin bo o1 the Movo to- batsnan who has the ball in front of him is'the one to decide ,iwards the lino in which the bail Aould bo hit ; a stop or two whether a run should be attempted or net. If yen hit the ball n that direction nay mako ail the difference. Once in a aund it goes belhind you, don't staro after it. Loo.k imuediately while ho may bo "sold," but as a riue the moving pays. Le, at your partner ; if ho signs to you to cone, run like mad ; as hin alse, if ho finds the player inclined to runi when the ball lie passes he should tell voi if tlere is tini for another run. cones to him, creep in a stop or two without the batsinan Wlhen you got to the other wieket, you then decido os te run- knowing it; the clances are the latter will again atteipt te ning again ; your partner maay have misjudged, and you, having run; but those steps taken will probably turn the tables and the bail before you, can sece and decide. When the ball is cause a vacuum atthe wicket. I speak fron experience on hit forward the striker decides; tlie other baîtsmîar should have these points. Ino voice in the matter. Don't shout at eacli other-that puts After bowling a ball the bowler shiould go back to his the field on the alert ; a simple beckoning witi the finger is wicket, ready to tako the hall if thrown to him. Cover.point quite sullicient. Always run the first run hard. Ye never often has a better chanco there than at the other end, and if can tell what nay happen; by an over-throw, or some btungling the bowler is on the look ont and long-on backing-up, ais hec with the ball, another run may be gained if you inake the first should be, the throw to that wicket is very often effective. quickly. It is lamentable te see how many iuns are lest by Another golden rule stated by the Leviathan is this : Try net running the first one y >perly. Never look behind yoh in and pick up the ball and throw in with one motion. Practiso running; you]have no business with the ball bohind you; and it this as nuch as you cau ; it is important, and goes far to show stops your speed. When not receiving the bail, ho ready te run. the difference between a file fielder and an indifferent one. An Go a few stOps forward aj?«r the hall lias left the bowler's hand instant gained in throwing unay mean a wicket lest. For not before. Keep your eye on the balt and your partner; it practice let two put up a stuimp between theni and stand on is riling to see a batsman lolling at his wicket instead of gird- eal sida of it sono thirty, forty and tifty yards off and throw ing up his loins for a duai ; ruas without number are tins hard, trying te sendl the ball about a foot above the strmp. lest Don't hesitate ruiiing ; an instant lost nay be a Let each dash in, pick up the bail and throw it fast as lie can. wicket lost instead of a run. Hesitation should net cxist if The bail fron the hand dees net cone the sanie as from the the rule I have nentioned is observed. If yon slould be-hliard bat; still, it is good practiceand helpsgreatly te learn te tlrow Ipushed te get home, throw- youîrself down on the ground-and propery. dstretch your bat out. I have saved ny wicket more than once Mon who field close te the wicket should ho oni the alo-t and n this way. ready to spring or nove their aris te the riglt or loft as re- I have made these remarks, knowing from many year ex quired. Don't stand with your legs straddlod Out ; you are . perience how sound they are. Let Canadia, cricketers trV them; powerless se. Yeu cannot gather yourself together in timo for tlose who do will, I am certain, soon excel and surpass al a sharp hit or swift.coming ball. It goes by yeu like a shot. others. They vil net only take a high poition as ciketers, Many a chance of a catch is lest in this way. but they will vastly help te brg the noble gaume into the I need hadly say aything about cat g, excpt te pratiso repute m wh ich it should deservedly b held, in spite of the Ineed asrdy sa . hg a t cat ie, ncept t ae lukwr esof old cricketers, and the disgracefil attempts it as often as you can. When you have Me, as you have made by te newspapers to run it lown. generally in a long catch, let tho bail come towards your right breast, and as the ball touches your hands bring them te your u PIuEyN breast, one hand under and the other over the bail. lu this way you will never miss a catch. A catch missed iay m'eai a riatch lost. Hardly any long score has been made witlout giving J at least one chance. If the Loviathan liaid been caught out -2[ every tine ho gave a chance, whiat a difference it would have A Staten Island eleven played four matches r Philadelphia made to his average and to the matchnesh Pac- cmmencing with the Colts on Wednesday the 19th. The scores of tise, therefore, catchimu as much.as ye eau ; first with the visiting club wero universally ainail, while those of their then the other, then with both; practi-e, by ail ieans, runining oppoemunits were unusually small. Scores: Staten Island v. Phila- catches. delphia Colts : Staten Island, 42 and 37; Colts, 271 (W.'. ulan, When there is ne running, r urn the ball quietly to the 3rd, 105, not out ; J. B. Thayer, 39). Staten Island v. Merion: wicket-keeper. Save his hands as much as yon ; he has Merion, 220 (J. B. Thayer, 76; S. Law, 56); Staten.Is1.and,-57 thenm hîaumred enougli without your helping .wantonly to d and 38, witl thire icket down. Statent Island v. Gernnantown . u . . d th hall Gmennantowi, 148 (Brochie, 35 ; W. C. Morgan, 26) ; Stateni Island, so. It is too muc the habit i this country to sen te ha 25 and 46 Staten Island v. Girard . Girard, 140; Staten Island, in liard te the poor devil without cause, and often badly at that. 43 and 80. Save the wicket-keeper as nuch trouble as you can, and his hands aise. His place is liard enougli wVithout your nmaking it w-oe. In fielding, then, the golden nles are these : dashi in ]Q7C4LfJ ïD if possible at the bail, pick it up and throw in, all witl one 1 motion-don'tyold i--back up each othern aan interval of not Lancashire defeated Middllesex by 9 wickets: Lancashire- 242 (A. N. Hornby, 131) and 49 ; Middlesex, 123 and 168. the bail as it is bowled, and bo ready te iove or even nove il the lino you think it should b driven , a man who does this Eton won the matches i 1805, 1823, 1824, 1825, 1827, 1828, Weil .l p 1 a flue3feld.8. 1ot8,ig is prettier or more effectve184, 1847 w1850, 1R62, 1869, 1870, 1s71, 1s72, 1874, and 187M. Barrow, than splendid fielding. Iow Many a natli has been lost by thlose il 1818, 1822, 1833, 1834. 1836. 1842, 143, 1848, 1849, 1851, the want of it ! In good fielding the ball looks as if it wvas 185-2, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1868, always going whero the men are placed, -when rcally, in nany 1873, 1878, 1880, and 1881 ; those in 1860, 1861 1863;, 1867, 1875, instances,itarises froui the activity andjudgment of the fielders. 1877, 1879, and 1882 being untinished. The Etoiahs de net count Good fielding intimidates the batsmen and makes them chary that in 1857, as beimg for players over 20 years of age. of stealing runs, and thereby keeps the score down. More ETON v. HARROW. matches are lest by had fielding than anything else. This annual event occupied Friday and SatýiYday, Jûil 1.4th Another weak peint ln the game among Canadians is sn » and 15th. The result was a draw in favour of Harro>w. àn the betîreen the./ts. How often one secs mon run out. through first dr.y 7,822 persons paid at the gate, An the second 56,67. bad managemuent, and net adopting or being ignorant of the Score