HOW TO BE A CAPTAIN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 149, 25 June 1936, Page 26

HOW TO BE A CAPTAIN.

JARDINE TELLS. SIXPENNY SCHOOL BOOK. (Special. —By Air Mail.) LONDON, May 30. Mr. D. P. Jardine, Test captain of doubtful Australian memory, has written a booklet on "Cricket —How to Succeed," which has been published on behalf of the National Union o: Teachers who aim to lot the poorest elementary school - children obtain copies at the nominal rate of (id. "Every captain is entitled to ready obedience, whether lie appears to be right or wrong," says Mr. Jardine. "From time to time he is bound to be one or the other, but captaincy is'a oneman job. The first rule t>! conduct for a captain is that he will never ask any member of his side to do anything which lie himself is not prepared to try arid do." ... Mr. Jardine considers t.lte bowlers must necessarily be the captain's lirst study and care. A bowler who is neither surly nor swollen-headed will welcome co-operation. Among his tips for young cricketers are: —Don't close your hands on the ball as if it were your, last,penny and you were standing on a grating. Draw your hands slightly towards you as the ball arrives. The right hand, in lifting a bat, is a sinner and a nuisance; the loft is a true guide and ally. Don't drop a catch, and you won't lose a match. In his hints to coaches, Mr. Jardine says: "On mateh%lays the players should be left alone. It is a great temptation to a coach, who frequently stands umpire in the matches to 'advise' the captain and bowlers during the progress of the game to such an extent that he is in effect captaining the game."