1 6 dicious forcing. Boys are brought up to bowl to some leading player in the school; they are hit about; they soon get discouraged; they force the pace, and soon lose all their pitch and accuracy. For though practice is essential, still a bowler nascitnr non Jit. A good school captain should ever be on the watch for young bowlers; should encourage them and nurse them while young and small; make them bowl at short distances; and, finally, take care that neither in practice nor in homo matches are they overworked. In every large school there arc sure to be two or three who have a natural aptitude for bowling; let tho captain look after them, and he will be rewarded by the victories they will win for his school aftenvards. Again, constant daily practice for twenty minutes is a great thing. Slow bowlers frequently get slogged about, and chaffed at the practice nets. They lose their interest in bowling under such circumstances; they either cease to practice or else they force their pace, and lose their command of the ball, never to regain it. And what happens to the reckless slogger ? When in a foreign match he is opposed to a slow bowler, he who had scoffed goes away to pray; he who had slogged hardest and laughed loudest, is sent back to brood over his folly in the pavilion. One other point we would mention while upon bowling. Let all boys be very careful that in practice they don’t allow themselves to bowl no-balls. If they do so they wrill find that they are very apt to bowl long hops in a match. This is a piece of advice which would not be thrown away upon some professionals, even at Lord’s. The fielding of the schools generally has been good, but, with the exception of Eton and Clifton (latterly), it seemed to lack that briskness and life which one expects from an eleven of young fellows. There is not that accuracy of “ throwing in ” from cover, which so often has turned the tide of a match. It has often struck us that when a long throw has to he made, “ backing u p ” might be done with more system and with more effect. Instead of allowing the luckless fieldsman to strain his every nerve in throwing his furthest, he should be backed up, so that ho could throw swift and lowr, and the ball would be returned in quicker time and with more accuracy to the wicket-keeper, and with no risk of damage to the thrower. How excellently do the Americans do this in their game of base-ball! The pleasure of batting is so great and general that there is more necd'of curtailing it than of encouraging it. We don’t think that school captains as a rule are sufficiently thoughtful of the tail of their eleven in the matter of batting. How often are they sent in late in the evenings, when the bowlers are tired, wiien the light is bad, when the shadow's are falling across the pitch? Misguided by the treacherous light they are bowled out, they give continual catches, they lo$e heart, they lose confidence. Whereas, we maintain that the young players should have every encouragement and advantage of good wickets and of good light. A captain who sees to this will be rewarded by having no tail to his eleven; besides this, the matches played amongst themselves or against foreign elevens will be quite sufficient to keep the best players in practice. Nay, more than this, they will be all the better as they will not be stale, nor will they have got that habit of carelessness so often engendered by over practice. In conclusion we wfould suggest that on some regular day each week, or fortnight, there should be a match practice. Let the fifteen or so best cricketers in the school be chosen, and let two batsmen take their turn at the wickets, the rest fielding, just as in a match. By this means often Wtent bowding talent is discovered ; the batting must of necessity be steady and careful, while the fielding must bo creditable, otherwise the offender will be struck from off the number, and some other boy who shows promise enrolled in his place. This will encourage friendly competition, and we believe will improve the cricket of the school. The race of school wicket- %