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 páginas |
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... whole days at the wicket , — but as having devoted his full and energetic determination to make the game of Cricket what it now is , instead of suffering it to be a sport that could be bought and sold for a price . Speaking of rushing ...
... whole days at the wicket , — but as having devoted his full and energetic determination to make the game of Cricket what it now is , instead of suffering it to be a sport that could be bought and sold for a price . Speaking of rushing ...
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... whole attention to the bowler . Be not rash . Be courageous , be spirited , be firm in purpose , but be not rash ! The Draw may be acquired to a wonderful nicety by the use of the Catapulta . First , let it be set very slow , and 24 ...
... whole attention to the bowler . Be not rash . Be courageous , be spirited , be firm in purpose , but be not rash ! The Draw may be acquired to a wonderful nicety by the use of the Catapulta . First , let it be set very slow , and 24 ...
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... and hands , you are materially assisted by the advance of your body , the whole weight of which seems thrown into the hit . The sportsman may talk of the pleasures of bringing down his LEG HALF VOLLEY . Printed by C.Oral T Y •
... and hands , you are materially assisted by the advance of your body , the whole weight of which seems thrown into the hit . The sportsman may talk of the pleasures of bringing down his LEG HALF VOLLEY . Printed by C.Oral T Y •
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... whole body into this hit , take care not to draw the toe over the popping crease , lest the wicket keeper indulge in a very popular triumph . The violent action of the body , in addition to the lounge , is very apt to cause this . This ...
... whole body into this hit , take care not to draw the toe over the popping crease , lest the wicket keeper indulge in a very popular triumph . The violent action of the body , in addition to the lounge , is very apt to cause this . This ...
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... whole host of other sculptured excellencies ; but which of the athletæ can vie with the attitude preparatory to this all - powerful effort ? The feet how firmly grasping the earth , to give force and freedom to the pliant limb , now on ...
... whole host of other sculptured excellencies ; but which of the athletæ can vie with the attitude preparatory to this all - powerful effort ? The feet how firmly grasping the earth , to give force and freedom to the pliant limb , now on ...
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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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Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...