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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... shoulder of the bat . No. 2 is , as we have represented in the illustration , of " Forward " and only requires you to be careful in keeping the bat " in a line " with the wicket . The eighth of an inch , either to the right or the left ...
... shoulder of the bat . No. 2 is , as we have represented in the illustration , of " Forward " and only requires you to be careful in keeping the bat " in a line " with the wicket . The eighth of an inch , either to the right or the left ...
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... shoulders , you refrain until the ball shall reach the shoulder nearest to it . If you time it well , and if the ball keep its course after bounding , you have a splendid hit under your command . For , besides the muscular energy of the ...
... shoulders , you refrain until the ball shall reach the shoulder nearest to it . If you time it well , and if the ball keep its course after bounding , you have a splendid hit under your command . For , besides the muscular energy of the ...
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... shoulders with all your force , you catch the ball about half a foot on the rise . If you are not quick enough to get at her as described , desist , desist ! " or it will rise so much and advance so much , that by striking it with the ...
... shoulders with all your force , you catch the ball about half a foot on the rise . If you are not quick enough to get at her as described , desist , desist ! " or it will rise so much and advance so much , that by striking it with the ...
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... shoulder , look at ' im ebery ting ! " The hit , as above - named , like many of the preceding , is a calculation of time , not requiring exactly the nicety of a musical ear ; and yet , be it observed , this enchanting gift of nature is ...
... shoulder , look at ' im ebery ting ! " The hit , as above - named , like many of the preceding , is a calculation of time , not requiring exactly the nicety of a musical ear ; and yet , be it observed , this enchanting gift of nature is ...
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... shoulders , and suffer the ball well to pass you ere you let fly at it . In practising this action , it is not a bad plan to pitch one stump , having a piece of stick about half a foot in length as a bail , —and fancying the stump to be ...
... shoulders , and suffer the ball well to pass you ere you let fly at it . In practising this action , it is not a bad plan to pitch one stump , having a piece of stick about half a foot in length as a bail , —and fancying the stump to be ...
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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...