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PART SECONb.
PRELIMINARY REMARKS ON CRICKEt.
This treatise being intended only as a handbook of the ga^w
of Cricket, I have thought best to confine myself purely to tht
theory and practice of the game, considering all else to be fair-
ly considered beside its scope and object, and therefore out of
place.
Many people may say—indeed, many do say—"Where is the
use of a book on cricket ? Can cricket be read up?1' To which
I answer most emphatically, ' Yes !' as much as chess, or any
other game. Yes, criket can be read up. Of course I do not
mean to say that reading alone can or will make a cricketer;
but I can unhesitatingly affirm that the hints and directions
that are given in any good work on the subject will be found
an invaluable adjunct to the purely mechanical practice in the
field.
It is true that practice under the personal supervision of a
good player, is from every point of view, most important—but
then it is only a comparatively few who can obtain the services
of a good instructor, so that for the rest it is book-teaching, or
no teaching at all; and cricket by the light of nature, is a creation of strange and wonderful proportions.
Book-teaching, therefore, in the absence of downright personal instruction, is by no means to be despised ; and even
with it, it may be of service by fixing in the memory the various hints and directions received amid the directions of play,
and therefore liable to be forgotten, or but feebly remembered.
The book, too, has this further advantage, that each several
player may extract from it at will that information of which he
[iii.]
| Title | The boys' own book of outdoor sports |
| Creator | John, Uncle |
| Publisher | Hurst & company |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date | [1887?] |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000232 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | PART SECONb. PRELIMINARY REMARKS ON CRICKEt. This treatise being intended only as a handbook of the ga^w of Cricket, I have thought best to confine myself purely to tht theory and practice of the game, considering all else to be fair- ly considered beside its scope and object, and therefore out of place. Many people may say—indeed, many do say—"Where is the use of a book on cricket ? Can cricket be read up?1' To which I answer most emphatically, ' Yes !' as much as chess, or any other game. Yes, criket can be read up. Of course I do not mean to say that reading alone can or will make a cricketer; but I can unhesitatingly affirm that the hints and directions that are given in any good work on the subject will be found an invaluable adjunct to the purely mechanical practice in the field. It is true that practice under the personal supervision of a good player, is from every point of view, most important—but then it is only a comparatively few who can obtain the services of a good instructor, so that for the rest it is book-teaching, or no teaching at all; and cricket by the light of nature, is a creation of strange and wonderful proportions. Book-teaching, therefore, in the absence of downright personal instruction, is by no means to be despised ; and even with it, it may be of service by fixing in the memory the various hints and directions received amid the directions of play, and therefore liable to be forgotten, or but feebly remembered. The book, too, has this further advantage, that each several player may extract from it at will that information of which he [iii.] |
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