CRICKET EMPRESSEMENT.
TO THE EDITOR.
Sir, —Notwithstanding the risk I run in having my remarks stigmatised as “ unmitigated rot ” by the present race of cricketing cognoscenti, I wish, with your able assistance, sir, to place them, as a veteran, on record. Withoutin any possible way wishing to detract from the splendid bowling of Upham and Fitzsimons in the Wellington-Midland match, I am of the firm opinion that the utter rout the Wellington Club sustained in the late contest arose mainly through lack of practice; furthermore, the wearing of those-utterly useless, skimpy, close-fitting skull caps,
excellent mediums for bronzing the skin and destroying the eye-sight, unless: -endowed with an eagle’s optics to withstand the burning glare of a hot afternoon’s summer setting sun on No. 2 wicket, which flares full in the batsman’s face at the eastern end of the pitch. Arthur Blacklock’s success this season can be chiefly attributed to the wearing of a 'sensible head-gear, a light; broad-brimmed soft white felt hat, to counteract the glaring light, concentrating and rendering the sight keener. The veteran Salmon invariably adopts a similar covering for the head when batting successfully. I have also noticed that the erstwhile invincible Bob Blacklock always bats best when the sky is overcast, as evidenced by his magnificent scoring of an evening in the Phoenix-Midland contest. Of course every cricketer I know is not constituted with precisely similar optical power, but the general run would do well to give heed to the suggestion of—l am, &>(s• Experto Crede. 15th January, 1895.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1194, 18 January 1895, Page 17
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