James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1875

• • ) • • • • , ' ' ', ' • • . . ' . ... .. . -- • \it. .. ., '' , blind :.swi.p fug" that in&Vltably deooteaaoertain tecklessnes8. or Oft ihe-eUler ban < °4 des i re or fe&r for the · ...""'ty of ihoirlimb • Hereagain in pla¢1tfJ halls · . on the lBg nmp a. tlnn posincm must be mainiaitied, and b y n"" o otioe the an of m&king · rune from , them l be - aoquited. For ii is an a.f.t t beli••eme,and · one tila.t is · not suflloienily stndied. . . In this ease , � the Mi. persist8ll$ly . raighi BiS befoni, t paying d11& a.Uention to th� · penalt;r ineurred by th0 infringement of the la; oi leg..-before..wieket, and b laying forward . or · � hard on the . ball fWwill Drulruns oomefreely . . w· htaat bowlers espe WJ.y, lib.is hi� or H shove '' · a s it ma . p hap be more a.p ly t e: m , � · tells t tiines ·th signal effect, and oon tant pmctioe to secure i� 1Mlhieymoont will benot uselessly emplO;y d. Abo . e all : . · be oareful not t<!> mote out of your gro u nd to hit at a ball on the leg-side, as this is - � tn.ost · ha.zar�us experit- � ment and should be studiously avoided. In leg-hitting, the right l eg · must be kept firm, and in all respects the ball tre&ted as in the main princ i ple . of batting abo e described, the policy of reaching the baJI as near as possible to­ ihe piteh, hen a good length, being most to be recommended. I would,, too, impress forcibly on the minds of yollllg players the nooeesit of making their practi-0e consona.11t with their play du r ing a mateh. N · can be more baneful than the reckless style of ba.tting so often preva.lent during the 'hours of praetice. It is this tt11wise :relapse into be,d habits that seals the fate of many a promising cricketer. 'W1iat is virtually the object of prac t ice but to accustom a player to th e more important necessities of a, match ? ' I l t I l l · What is practica,lly tha result of tbis foolish custom of reckless and 11nnatural batting but to irreooncile the bat;Jlit.n tG liiS' own 8nuine �le and substitute . habits hieh unfit him for higher duties? Yo11ng cricketerswill do well to a.void these suic i dal tacti- : �are &re me. n:y . n ther sins of omission and cnmmi�sion into which ij would. be PQSsible to enter were the present volnme a �pattlous as the Ko1au, � · .,......e pteS'ent writer . as inElilstrieus &s � one of its expositors. On the minor topi s ih.�idehtd t o , the g&m,e th er e � is inn b � to � be · . · said �hat has b ean · tt n s&itl . , · Ott • tbeVfmotts apptiAn� <if ihe gain& � �is, . much to be wtitt8n, i:f tmi Y, • tO satisfy a.n:tioml �uire . I t1l1M1 ,. how6 , merely bring to a.n end this my first mughariiele- o n ' . ctleket� a fewbrief words of advice on s ubj bets whieh are not snftlclen atlentied to. � : &&4e , first to the necessity of good runnii:tg a,s {')lle uf he�btegt , fb&tfuns- : in � - . cap of any o e who ela.ims to be · an effeetiVe �t ffila.n. · ft is, 1:t,y > the nagl t . of tliis essential that lttatly rans att) lost, and raa.ny a '� nbteh " · in dir e 4 . · · given W the other side. T:o · see o good nilmf fl ,. st • the �d\Bt s · D a treat , tif.those �o understand g &lluine ' etiij k-et. 'Ther�is � ii o �: iv � · dallyin , indecision, no call for-•rtm and �·ieea.U. In this tespect alone · $ · man of mediocrity D?J}Y be of as mtieh r� Vlilue M&n:6 1 >f f��t,QWe.rs.. Be re&iy to b-aek up i mmediat lt the ba.ll i l e� M · t li e-� n d · · : the bGwlelf., _ a ,. ...,,... 11t - . be e&refttl to *'* iecism1y, as O'll this d � nds • gre&tiy th& fate Of Yie: opposite heigbbottr • . If )'.()U feel' inelined W run d<> n&t ��t' · t ., . inu - o� m, · acco un t i;ed� -0e · 1 4'tt: pat'tnertothe necess . �f'fetx- · ...,.... 1 g · lt· ' ,., -as, from the faot of om lt&eking np, tt can gei : to · �� � ()�t&wi� � · greater ease than · he can return and ree<Wer hi · gfu t.Utd · . · � last cautl!On shoti.ldnot be ovet-loobd. A st olen · rmt , if th� bbi men iMtt Weir in �f>!l is by no m ea'lfs : diffie til t of a-ehienlmtmt- 1 ·thdugn �·� 00\\ltl kta'kai- &e'fitti any · re�y . fni.pr a etieable � mp t,...... � ' a 1 111ooe S&i on of ' ol �ri -- ·' t· "... � has � t 1t & . · eff eet of n ()t on1 jt irrltatilli ' the howl� 1 out of ilexnotalisin g s.nd a.aeilng . frotn the · effieaey- of the fl ; l<L : Ag,i jb, to ba t · with Strict et.re th! ' · eom- . meneement of your innings, irusti.ng to time and the gradual � di miriu.tioll of • • . . ., . - , • • I