LAZY FIELDSMEN.
■Docs the fieldsman in (he pnin- of cricket MilVer any In** ~t dijinilv in runJi.iijr for the hull? That io !( 1,, which Don Brudiiiun and a host ~f other notable cricketers l, ;l ve supplied a very emphatic answer: hut number* of players, most of whom. straiigelv enough, are young, still seem d> be under the impression that c slow (rot in the most that a scnim- cricketer should permit himself if the recovery of the ball is his obvious duty. The keen sense of anticipation possessed by such players as F. T. Badcock. K. F. M.' rttley. M. ['. Donnelly, (). (.'-. Cleal and X. U. to give well-reinembered examples, made fielding at .Kden Park look easy. It never seems necessary for (hem io run far, but what is there in erieket better to watch than the c=peed and enthusiasm of keen fieldsmen': It is a pity that so many cricketers ha\e not Ihe encrgv nor the 'interest to profit from their example.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 51, 1 March 1941, Page 2 (Supplement)
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163LAZY FIELDSMEN. Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 51, 1 March 1941, Page 2 (Supplement)
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