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32 CRICKET.
A good fieldsman starts instinctively forward to every Dall
that comes his way.
Not, only, too, must the player run to meet the Dall, but he
must continue to run until the ball has actually left his hands
on the way back to the wickets.
Many players, too many indeed, run until just upon che oall,
and then stop to throw it, not recognising the value of the
time thus lost.
What with the difference between the place where the ball
might have been taken and where it was taken, with the loss
of energy of action resulting from the dead stop, the loss of
the distance the player would have passed over in the necessary step or two after taking the ball and before teturning it,
and finally the loss of additional impetus in the return to the
wickets, a very tolerable case of woeful loss of time might be
made out.
I used to play, a few years ago, with an eleven, wherein was
a man in whom this habit was inveterate.
I often joked him, and, also, tried, vainly, to argue him out
of it, but to no purpose; he would not even allow that it was'
a fault-
One day, however, we chanced to be playing a home match,
and on opposite sides.
When it came to be my turn to go in, I told him as I passed
him that I would back myself to get a run every time he had a
ball to field.
I had often told him before that it was possible, and he had
always said, ' Only let 'em try;' now my theory was to be put
to the test.
I saw he was bracing himself up to look extra sharp after
the ball, but still I was pretty confident that standing, as he
did, at long-field off, he must give a chance every ball, unless
he ran fairly in.
Very soon I had an opportunity, and sent a ball his way, and
following it up, got safely home well before the ball wap returned.
| 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 | 00000261 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 32 CRICKET. A good fieldsman starts instinctively forward to every Dall that comes his way. Not, only, too, must the player run to meet the Dall, but he must continue to run until the ball has actually left his hands on the way back to the wickets. Many players, too many indeed, run until just upon che oall, and then stop to throw it, not recognising the value of the time thus lost. What with the difference between the place where the ball might have been taken and where it was taken, with the loss of energy of action resulting from the dead stop, the loss of the distance the player would have passed over in the necessary step or two after taking the ball and before teturning it, and finally the loss of additional impetus in the return to the wickets, a very tolerable case of woeful loss of time might be made out. I used to play, a few years ago, with an eleven, wherein was a man in whom this habit was inveterate. I often joked him, and, also, tried, vainly, to argue him out of it, but to no purpose; he would not even allow that it was' a fault- One day, however, we chanced to be playing a home match, and on opposite sides. When it came to be my turn to go in, I told him as I passed him that I would back myself to get a run every time he had a ball to field. I had often told him before that it was possible, and he had always said, ' Only let 'em try;' now my theory was to be put to the test. I saw he was bracing himself up to look extra sharp after the ball, but still I was pretty confident that standing, as he did, at long-field off, he must give a chance every ball, unless he ran fairly in. Very soon I had an opportunity, and sent a ball his way, and following it up, got safely home well before the ball wap returned. |
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