A CRICKETER'S MAXIMS.
(B\ GEORGE HIRST. Coach at Eton College.) “ You may learn all about philosophy in school, but you have got to practise it in the.cricket field. ‘‘ Never be bluffed. Games and battles and all sorts of things have been won by ‘bluff-* on the other side. Keep your wicket up by ail means —but do not forget to hit hard. Don’t merely stop the balk hit it! Don't think only of keeping the ball out of the wicket—Think of r bar pari oi the field you are going to put Watch out for the leg break- you can tell when it is coming. N>. er allow yourfelf to be caught in two R yon are a wicket-keeper, vou must be equal to every emergency.* y Never lose your temper. * f -Remember a cricketer is made aoi born.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16350, 12 February 1921, Page 10
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139A CRICKETER'S MAXIMS. Star (Christchurch), Issue 16350, 12 February 1921, Page 10
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