SUCCESS AT CRICKET

Greymouth Evening Star, 2 July 1936, Page 6

SUCCESS AT CRICKET

.JARDINE'S NEW BOOKLET LONDON, May 30. Mr. D. R. Jardine, Test Captain of Qoublful Australian memory, has written a booklet on “Cricket —How t> Succeed,’’ which has been published on behalf of the National Union of Teachers, who aim to let the poorest elementary school children obtain copies at the nominal rate of 6d. “Every captain is entitled to ready obedience, whether he 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 one-man job. “The first rule of conduct for a captain is that he will never ask .any

member of his side to do anything which he himself is not prepared to try and do.” Mr. Jardine considers the bowlers must necessarily be the captain’s first study and care. A bowler who is neither surly nor swollen-headed will welcome co-operation. Among his tips for young cricketers a re: Don’t close your hand 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 left is a true guide and Don't drop a catch, and you won't lose a match. I In his hints to coaches, Mr. Jardine I says: “On match days the players! should be left alone. It is a greatj temptation to a coach, who frequent-

ly 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.”