The Cricket Field; Or, The History and the Science of the Game of CricketLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854 - 267 Seiten |
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... inches long and one inch in diameter , called a Cat , is pitched , by a third person , from one hole to- wards the player at the other , who is to prevent the cat from getting into the hole . If it pitches in the hole , the party who ...
... inches long and one inch in diameter , called a Cat , is pitched , by a third person , from one hole to- wards the player at the other , who is to prevent the cat from getting into the hole . If it pitches in the hole , the party who ...
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... inches of wood , by four and a quarter - every inch of them before the stumps , hitting or blocking , is rather dishearten- ing ; but the moment a man makes ready for a leg hit , only about five inches by four of wood can cover the ...
... inches of wood , by four and a quarter - every inch of them before the stumps , hitting or blocking , is rather dishearten- ing ; but the moment a man makes ready for a leg hit , only about five inches by four of wood can cover the ...
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... inches by six , with a third stump added . Before this alteration the art of defence was almost unknown : balls often passed over the wicket , and often passed through . At the time of the alteration Old Nyren truly predicted that the ...
... inches by six , with a third stump added . Before this alteration the art of defence was almost unknown : balls often passed over the wicket , and often passed through . At the time of the alteration Old Nyren truly predicted that the ...
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... inches by 6 , at which measure it remained till about 1814 , when it was increased to 26 inches by 8 , and again to its present 1817 1814 27 INCHES BY 8 26 8 2 FTWIDE 21700 BY IFT HIGH 1780 1781 22 6 STU STUMP NO MIDDLE TILL 1780 IFT BY ...
... inches by 6 , at which measure it remained till about 1814 , when it was increased to 26 inches by 8 , and again to its present 1817 1814 27 INCHES BY 8 26 8 2 FTWIDE 21700 BY IFT HIGH 1780 1781 22 6 STU STUMP NO MIDDLE TILL 1780 IFT BY ...
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James Pycroft. dimensions of 27 inches by 8 in 1817 ; when , as one inch was added to the stumps , two inches were added to the width between the creases . The changes in the wicket are represented in the foregoing woodcut . In the year ...
James Pycroft. dimensions of 27 inches by 8 in 1817 ; when , as one inch was added to the stumps , two inches were added to the width between the creases . The changes in the wicket are represented in the foregoing woodcut . In the year ...
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Seite 229 - And let those, that play your clowns, speak no more than is set down for them : for there be of them, that will themselves laugh, to set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too ; though in the mean time some necessary question of the play be then to be considered : that's villainous, and shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it.