HINTS TO YOUNG BOWLERS.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 248, 18 October 1924, Page 37 (Supplement)

HINTS TO YOUNG BOWLERS.

HOW TO MAKE THE BALL SWERVE. My remarks about the match winning possibilities of good bowling have inspired one youthful reader to write mc to ask a few hints on how to bowl well. Whether I am qualified to do so may be doubted by my candid friends, who say I get wickets by bad bowling. However these are the principles upon which I work to get the wickets that are credited to mc. The first thing i& good length, for only by keeping a good length can you get the batsman on the defensive to try your wiles upon him. Also I may Bay I never try to bowl faeter than is comfortable for mc. Other, wise it is easy to lose command of length and direction. I put the seam between my first and second fingers, for thus it : is possible to swerve the balL ; To the young bowler I would say, don't take too long a run, and don't be 1 afraid of bowling a bad ball, as there " are ten other players to help you to get the batsman out. I am a gTeat believer in bowling, even intentionally, occasional | bad ones. My candid friends say they never saw anyone get wickets with sucli rubbish as I sometimes send down. They J are perfectly right, too, as I find tha"t > most batsmen can be got out with bad 1 balls. j Never give up trying ac hard as yoi » know how to get the batsmen separated p If they hit you now and then for si? t don't worry. They won't hit them all r Never mind about averages; think abou > getting tbe wicket. The batsman walkinj ; back to Idle pavilion is a cheering si"h'