He would bring it from under his arm by a twist, and nearly as high as his arm-pit, and with this action push it, as it were, from him. How it was that the balls acquired the velocity they did by this mode of delivery, I never could comprehend. The cricket-field. By J. Pycroft - Page 77by James Pycroft - 1862Full view - About this book
| 1870 - 604 pages
...himself upright all the time. His balls were very little beholden to the ground when pitched, it was but touch and up again ; and woe be to the man who did...in to block them, for they had such a peculiar curl that they would grind his fingers against the bat.'' Now the account of this reads like good bowling,... | |
| James Pycroft - Cricket - 1854 - 330 pages
...can hardly call it a bail — but by popping the ball in the hole therein represented. David Harris' bowling, Fennex used to say, introduced, or at least...informants in ascribing great improvement in batting, and he specifies, " particularly in stopping " (for the act of defence, we said, w^as not essential to... | |
| James Pycroft - Cricket - 1854 - 324 pages
...can hardly call it a bail — but by popping the ball in the hole therein represented. David Harris' bowling, Fennex used to say, introduced, or at least...informants in ascribing great improvement in batting, and he specifies, " particularly in stopping " (for the act of defence, we said, was not essential to the... | |
| James Pycroft - Baseball - 1859 - 270 pages
...were, from him. How it was that the balls acquired the velocity they did by this mode of deliver}', I never could comprehend. His balls were very little...and woe be to the man who did not get in to block then, for they had such a peculiar curl they would grind his fingers against the bat." And Nyren agrees... | |
| 598 pages
...himself upright all the time. His balls were very little beholden to the ground when pitched, it was but touch and up again ; and woe be to the man who did...in to block them, for they had such a peculiar curl that they would grind his fingers against the bat." Now the account of this reads like good bowling,... | |
| John William Carleton - 1870 - 630 pages
...himself upright all the time. His balls were very little beholden to the ground when pitched, it was but touch and up again ; and woe be to the man who did not get in to block them, for they had Buch a peculiar curl that they would grind his fingers against the bat." Now the account of this reads... | |
| Allan Gibson Steel, Robert Henry Lyttelton, Andrew Lang - Cricket - 1888 - 476 pages
...kept himself upright all the time. His balls were very little beholden to the ground when pitched ; it was but a touch, and up again ; and woe be to the...in to block them, for they had such a peculiar curl that they would grind his fingers against the bat ; many a time have I seen the blood drawn in this... | |
| William Gilbert Grace - Cricket - 1891 - 654 pages
...kept himself upright all the time. His balls were very little beholden to the ground when pitched : it was but a touch and up again ; and woe be to the man who did. not get in to block him, for they had such a peculiar curl that they would grind his fingers against the bat." Harris may... | |
| Horace Gordon Hutchinson - Cricket - 1903 - 602 pages
...His balls," says Nyren, in another place, " were very little beholden to the ground when pitched ; it was but a touch, and up again, and woe be to the...in to block them, for they had such a peculiar curl that they would grind his fingers against the bat. Many a time have I seen the blood drawn in this... | |
| James Pycroft - Cricket - 1922 - 352 pages
...delivery I never could comprehend. . . . His balls were very little beholden to the ground when pitched ; it was but a touch, and up again ; and woe be to the...in to block them, for they had such a peculiar curl that they would grind his fingers against the bat." And Nyren agrees with my informants in ascribing... | |
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