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Page 45
... Length balls were then by no means common ; neither would low stumps encourage them : and even upright play was then practised by very few . Old Nyren relates that one Harry Hall , a ginger- bread baker of Farnham , gave peripatetic ...
... Length balls were then by no means common ; neither would low stumps encourage them : and even upright play was then practised by very few . Old Nyren relates that one Harry Hall , a ginger- bread baker of Farnham , gave peripatetic ...
Page 69
... length of paper on their knees , and large tin telegraphic letters above their heads ; and where now is Lilly- white's printing press , to hand down every hit as soon as made on twopenny cards to future gene- rations ; there , or in a ...
... length of paper on their knees , and large tin telegraphic letters above their heads ; and where now is Lilly- white's printing press , to hand down every hit as soon as made on twopenny cards to future gene- rations ; there , or in a ...
Page 70
... length balls " originated with the famous David ; an assertion , we will venture to say , which requires a little , and only a little , qualification . Length bowling , or three - quarter balls , to use a popular , though exploded ...
... length balls " originated with the famous David ; an assertion , we will venture to say , which requires a little , and only a little , qualification . Length bowling , or three - quarter balls , to use a popular , though exploded ...
Page 110
... lengths , and straight , while puzzling to the eye ; the latter , bad lengths and wide , while easy to see and to hit . But , is not a good hand and eye quite enough , - with a little practice , without all this theory 110 THE CRICKET ...
... lengths , and straight , while puzzling to the eye ; the latter , bad lengths and wide , while easy to see and to hit . But , is not a good hand and eye quite enough , - with a little practice , without all this theory 110 THE CRICKET ...
Page 112
... length balls " and " not lengths . " Not lengths , are the toss , the tice , the half volley , the long hop , and ground balls . These are not length balls , not pitched at that critical length which puzzles the judgment as to whether ...
... length balls " and " not lengths . " Not lengths , are the toss , the tice , the half volley , the long hop , and ground balls . These are not length balls , not pitched at that critical length which puzzles the judgment as to whether ...
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