Felix on the Bat: Being a Scientific Inquiry Into the Use of the Cricket Bat; Together with the History and Use of the Catapulta. Also, The Laws of Cricket, as Revised by the Marylebone Club, 1845Baily Bros., 1845 - 40 Seiten |
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... handled " than by the humble individual who thus abruptly presents himself . Time not seeming to improve the probabilities of the appearance of a work wherein to look for directions how to wield this mighty sceptre of delight , I trust ...
... handled " than by the humble individual who thus abruptly presents himself . Time not seeming to improve the probabilities of the appearance of a work wherein to look for directions how to wield this mighty sceptre of delight , I trust ...
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... handle to within about three inches of the bat . I ought , in my first Chapter , to have given you some hints respecting the purchase and care of the Cricket - bat . In selecting one , do not let it be too large or too heavy . If you ...
... handle to within about three inches of the bat . I ought , in my first Chapter , to have given you some hints respecting the purchase and care of the Cricket - bat . In selecting one , do not let it be too large or too heavy . If you ...
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... handle of the bat , when on the full extent of this lounge , should be held well forward ; why the bat should be held close to the ground when so held forward ; and last , and not least , why the upper hand should alter the nature of ...
... handle of the bat , when on the full extent of this lounge , should be held well forward ; why the bat should be held close to the ground when so held forward ; and last , and not least , why the upper hand should alter the nature of ...
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... handle well forward , at least at an angle of 45 ° ; the ball , then , in addition to its own disposition to fall by the law of gravitation , will be forced downwards . The bat , in this forward defence , must be held close to the ...
... handle well forward , at least at an angle of 45 ° ; the ball , then , in addition to its own disposition to fall by the law of gravitation , will be forced downwards . The bat , in this forward defence , must be held close to the ...
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... handle of the bat , as illustrated . Five out of seven do not understand this shifting of the hand , and , of course , they know not the immense advantages thereof . It is surprising what a firm hold of the bat you get by this change ...
... handle of the bat , as illustrated . Five out of seven do not understand this shifting of the hand , and , of course , they know not the immense advantages thereof . It is surprising what a firm hold of the bat you get by this change ...
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ADDISCOMBE advance angle attitude of Play axis of rotation back cut back play bails batsman blade blow body bowler bowler's hand bowling crease Brothers call No Ball Catapulta chance CHAPTER consequences considered dead Cornhill Cricketing world deliver the ball delivery deserve desperate deeds double wicket DUKE OF WELLINGTON feet field fieldsman forward play four balls FRANÇAISE French Language garde hanging guard hints hitter Home-block honourable inches Indian rubber judgment knees laws LAWS OF CRICKET leg stump LENOX AND TILDEN London Baily LORD Lord's Cricket Ground Lost Ball Marylebone MEININGEN obtained off-cut half-volley pass perfection players popping crease PORTRAIT practice PRINCE ALBERT Printed PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR reaching the ground recommend require return crease score shoulder sockets spikes sport stop the ball take the ball thing throwing TILDEN FOUNDATIONS tongue touch umpire must call umpire shall call volume VOYE whilst wicket-keeper Wide Balls WINNER YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Seite 24 - Give thy thoughts no tongue, Nor any unproportion'd thought his act. Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatch'd, unfledg'd, comrade.
Seite 22 - In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility: But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger; Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood...
Seite 22 - Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more, Or close the wall up with our English dead ! In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility ; But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger...
Seite 37 - Or if, in running, the wicket be struck down by a throw, or by the hand or arm (with ball in hand), before his bat (in hand) or some part of his person be grounded over the popping crease— but if both the bails be off, a stump must be struck out of the ground; 22.
Seite 5 - Neither a borrower nor a lender be ; For loan oft loses both itself and friend ; And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This above all, — To thine...
Seite 36 - This rule is not meant to prevent the striker from beating the ground with his bat near to the spot where he stands during the innings, nor to prevent the bowler from filling up holes with sawdust, &c. when the ground is wet. 8. After rain the wickets may be changed with the consent of both parties.
Seite 36 - The BAT must not exceed four inches and one quarter in the widest part ; it must not be more than thirty-eight inches in length.
Seite 36 - But if one of the bowler's feet be not on the ground behind the bowling crease and within the return crease when he shall deliver the ball, the umpire at his wicket, unasked, must call "no ball.
Seite 40 - The fieldsman must return the ball so that it shall cross the play between the wicket and the bowling stump, or between the bowling stump and the bounds ; the striker may run till the ball be so returned.
Seite 38 - Wicket-keeper shall not take the ball for the purpose of stumping until it have passed the wicket ; he shall not move until the ball be out of the Bowler's hand; he shall not by any noise incommode the Striker ; and if any part of his person be...