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English: Identifier: wgcricketingremi00grac

Title: "W.G.", cricketing reminiscences and personal recollections
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Grace, W. G. (William Gilbert), 1848-1915
Subjects: Cricket
Publisher: London, J. Bowden
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
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z a ^ K QO X O 7; O a CUTTING 293 lost. So make up your mind how you intendplaying a ball, and then play it confidently andresolutely, hittuig hard if you are going to hit,and blocking vigorously if you nitend to block.Do not allow the bat to passively await the impactof the ball. Take every possible precaution to protect thebody when batting. Do not face fast bowlingwithout leg-guards, and do not dispense with bat-ting gloves. I know that some cricketers dislikethe gloves, but I think it is a mistake to discardthem, as sooner or later a batsman who dispenseswith these protections will get his fingers smashed,or a hand injured, and nothing is more annoyingthan to be disabled when in good form by sometrivial accident, which might have been avoidedby taking ordinary precautions. Quickness of determination and promptitudeof action must be cultivated by practice, and fortheir cultivation I can recommend nothing butpractice. Every young cricketer is ambitious to cut well,and it is a most d

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