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ESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1933..

FIRST

CENTURY

Why All This Fuss About Leg Theory?

New Types of Bowling Have Always Produced Batsmen to Counter Them

to-

TIME flies. That is the first.

GOLF SHOT FROM A TREE

Wonderful Half In

New England.

OF SEASON PLUCKY EFFORT

WINS GAME

“A” COMPANY RETAIN LINCOLNS SHIELD BY 5 WICKETS

BERRIMAN IN BIG SEVENTH

WICKET STAND

of in a tree. Procuring a ladder, the TH knee Sgt. Ash knocked up the first century of the present

Saya PHIL MEAD, who has been Batting for a Quarter of a Century. in First-class Cricket.

Playing in the New England golf | championship at There was a time when almost U. 5. A., D. O. W. Ahern, at the Manchester, thought which comes to me every county had at least one, and 17th hole, hit a shot which lodged THOUGH in great pain as the result of a nasty hit on his injured. when I remember that it is twenty. But fast bowling went out

many counties two fast bowlers. eight years and a bit since I played fashion. On the perfectly prepar- in my first big cricket match for led wickets it seemed to the young-player, climbed 20ft and from the cricket season when he scored 113 out of 186 in 90 minutes to ex- Hampshire.

sters that it was not worth while. branches, hit the ball with a putter able "A" Company to retain the Lincolns Cricket Shield against Time brings it changes, too, in To such an extent did fast bow- cricket as in other things. That is ing go out of fashion that we got to the edge of the green. Holing the second thought which comes to wrong regarding our ideas of out in 5 to get a half, he lost the me as I look back over my cricket what was fast bowling. Men who, match at the 21st

Still, there are consolingbeen called "medium" became fast of golfers climbing trees

in the long ago, would have only There have been many instances unable to play for the Battalion soccer team this season owing to an thoughts which accompany these reminders that one cannot go on bowlers in our cricket talk. They hope of making a spectacular re- however, continued batting, though receiving the services of a run-

in the injured knee, received a painful blow early in his innings, were only fast, however, by comcovery rather than surrender the parison with the slower men-not hole. The most famous case of ner. In partnership with Cpl. Berriman (32) he added 77 for the by comparison with the fast mer. this kind is linked with the name seventh wicket, and when dismissed on Monday after commencing of a previous generation.

of the late Earl Brifour states "the day at 103 not out he had hit two sixes, 19 boundaries,

cureer.

for ever.

Among the consolations and compensations--as I experience them is that the player who has been in the game for quar- ter of a century can take what might be called the long-dis- tance view. I think the older people are more inclined to see current events through the proper sort of spectacles. Regarding all this current talk of new bowling ideas, for instance, faren't we in danger of losing our

hends?

LEG-THEORY AGITATION.

-0°

SWINGING TERROR

home paper.

"C" Company in the Final Round at Shamshuipo on Monday.

Going in at the fall of the first wicket at 3, Sgt. Ash, who is

Me,

a two,

That is why I suggest that the Many years ago, when competing and 23 singles in his 113. fashion may be swinging back, and in the Parliamentary Handicap at swing-back of fashion may be the old Tooting Bec course. Mr. good thing. We have had fashions Arthur Balfour, as he then was, hit first use of the wicket. Heath and Cohen,, who substituted for Green On Sunday "C" Company took 12 runs, Ash being caught by and bowling eras in the past. Iats shot into an elm tree. He sent Clark soon found their length, and who fell ill, for the addition of ten us switch our minds back together. for a ladder and climbed the tree. it was only due to the efforts of runa. Wardle bowled wall for 5

There was one, George Hirst. Moreover, he got a half and won Dewey, an Army player, and Sea- for 36 in a total of 186, who began to do things with a cric- the match. ket ball which were really "impos- | Playing the hall where it lies" {sible," according to all the experts.jled an Oxford golfer in the 'Var- He made the ball.swing in the air. sity match at Woking in 1904, Not only did he make it swing, but climbing, with the aid of a ladder, also dip at times.

the roof of the clubhouse, to play his third shot from the iron gutter to the green at the last hole. He secured a half and won the match,

At least George Hirst, and those of his kind, made bats- men think he had these quali- Ces in his bowling, though I am told that even to-day selen- tists are sceptical concerning the powers of any bowler to make the ball “turn" while go- ing through the air.

SCOTLAND WINS AT GOLF.

International Amateur Tournament.

grave that the side totalled 133,

Dewey (28) and Seagrave (47) added 54 for the sixth wicket before the former was run out.

Seagrave batted aggressively throughout, his 47 including no fewer than ten boundaries,

Ash's century was the first in the Colony and the third registered by a player in the Battalion at the present .mo- ment. He fell 11 runs short of Bandmaster Trowt's record score of 124 not 'out against the Buffs Depot at Canterbury. Trowt also scored a century at Gibraltar.

Requiring 63 to save the innings

So that we can get the right an swer to that quesion I would like Ito write a few notes on the bowling developments which have occurred from time to time during my career. There are a lot of people seem-

Though faced with the mediocro ingly quite upset about this

score of 133 the holders commene called latest cricket development-

ed very shakily, six wickets falling Jeg-theory bowling. They seem to

to Wardle and Dewey for only 50 defeat "C" Company lost seven see in it the end of all things, and

runs, Ash and Berriman then wickets for 56 runs, but the last consequently are ready to shriek

came together in an invaluable three wickets added 36 runs, Wii- Be the scientists right or wrong, for something to be done to stop it, we had an era for swingers"—

stand which realised 77 runs be lams scoring 25 not out. Need we be quite so disturbed men who operated with deadly of-

fore Berriman

Was brilliantly about even fast leg-theory bowling fect, particularly with a new ball.

The champions lost five wickets caught by Seagrave for 32. Newcastle, Co Down, Sept. 16.

before collecting the necessary 30 as some people seem to be?

Tho "awinger" ng not lost all his

With the last ball of the day's runs for victory, In Dewey's last Let us admit, for the sake of ar-terror, but, he is hot quite the force tournament in amateur golf here other Army player, to the boundary hit, Heath and Clark each hitting Scotland won the International play on Sunday, Ash hit Cragg, sn-over no fewer than 19 rune wore gument, that the Australian bats- he used to be. Batachen. by ex-to-day with three wins against to take his score to 103, which a six. men, when faciug Larwood during perience have got more and more against England's two and Ireland included two sixos and saventeen ANDERSON MUSIC CO., LTD. found themselves up against what

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Heath concluded the match with THE "WRONG 'UN” was to them something new. If we

In the foursomes to-day, Eng-

9 for 84, while Clark had 8 for 92. accept the figures returned by Lar-¡quet who bowled you a leg break each while one match was halved.

Then there was B. J. T. Bosan-land and Scotland won two matches their remaining two wickets for for the losers.

On Monday "A" Company lost Wardle did well to secure 7 for 54 wood in those games, then we must least it should have been a legbut in the singles Scotland beat. put it on record that they found break, but when it got there it was England by six matches to two, themselves up against something an off break. So the "googley" be-

"C" COMPANY with which they did not know how came the fashion, and the boys of matches to two in the foursomes Ireland beat Wales by three his day got all worked up about the and by eight to two in the singles. ANTIDOTE ALWAYS FOUND.

possibility of bowling the "wrong-Router. Let us accept all the stories about the

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SIR J. CAHN'S XI WIN AGAIN

won

who can bowl it, and disguise it, as Sir Julien Cahn's team beat Ridley Yet was it not mainly because he well as any of the old old brigade. lege here by five wickets. Score:

Saint Catherine's (Ont.), Sept. 1, turned on something new and un- The reason is that as it became a College XV. 123; Sir J. Cahn's XI. 127 Col- expected, so far as the majority of fashion for the Australian batsmen were con- "googley." so the batsmen studied seven of the eight games played in

bowlers to bowl the for 5. The tourists have now. cerned, that the secret of his sucit more and more, and became more ter.

Canada, the other being drawn.-Reu- Cess lay? So I suggest that need not get do hot and bothered about this type of bowling, because these bowling fashions and bowling So we could go on talking of

we proficient in dealing with it.

a means is always found eventually eras, but I have said enough to

to deal with a new method,

Let every county side pro duce for opposing batsmen a bowler of this type. What would happen? Well, my con- clusion-and it is based on ex- perience is that after a con- paratively short time batamen would get so accustomed to it that they would begin to tra

show that, sooner or later, the "an- tidote" arrives. When the surprise alement wears off, the Batsman be- comes the master.....

60 WHY WORRY?'

mer our tourist opponents tried all they knew in the leg-theory line. But, the Eugland - cap- tain, D. R. Jardine, did not finch. He even mastered it to such an extent that his op- ponents stopped bowling it. So why worry?

further and say that new types of 't think we can even go one step

boundaries.

Cpl. Wardie, b Clark 2nd Lt Crags, & Clack Pte. Meskin, b Heath

C.Q.M.S. Day, b Heath Pie. Dewey, run out...

Cpl. Brealey, b Clark L/Cpl. Seagrave, not out L/Cpl. Smith, b Heath Pie. Williams, b Heath. Pie. Green, b Heath.. Ple. Harrion, b Clark Extras (37, NB5)

Heath

Clark Ash

Higgins

Harper, b Clark

c Bell, b Clark

b. Beath

b Heath

TEN OUL

e and b Heath

b Clark

b-Heath

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b Clark

Extras (NB5, 14)

Tota!

Bowling Analysis

O. MR,

Total

133

Bowling Analysis

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Fall of the wickets.

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28 31

"A" COMPANY

Cpl. Bett, b Wardle

Pte. Harper, b. Wardle Sgt. Ash, e Cohen, b Dewey Pia, Higgins, & Smith, b Wardle

it will be the same, with leg-theory Is there any reason to doubt that bowling? I don't doubt it myself. There is already evidence that bowling produces new types of L/Cpl. Ridier, ran out. Pte. Heath, b Wardlaw.

"It solely on its merits, into what I suggest is coming true.batsmen. Thus are the scales Pte. Baker, e and b Dewey

In due course the bowlers would have to do another switch. It has been so all along the line of my time, and probably before my time as well, A

We have had bowieřa with new styles and new ideas come this the game. They have been successful, and, of course, their methods have been copied. But as the batamen have become more and more famt liar with those methods, the bow

We are told that in the se kept evenly balanced: It has been Cpl. Barrimane and the SeagraYA cond Test between - England and the West Indies this sUM» -

so through my time, and it will be: L/Cpl. Deacon, e Sesgrave, b Cragt so in the future- battle of wits.

Billiards Ball In Play

fers using them have become less game took place in a well-known and less deadir, and there has been local club on September 17, as the nother switch fault of, which little research

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e Cragg, b Daway

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Wardle, b

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L/Cpl.- Button, b Wardle, .. Cpl. Clark, not out

Extras (WBI, B2, NBI)

Total

c. Seagrave, b⋅ Dever

Extras (NBL, LEI)

188

Bowling Analysis

Wardle Dewey Brealey..

Curious incident in a billiards, still in play, managed a safety Hoskin miss from the top of the cushion with BengTay out disturbing the overhanging post : Fall of tion of the ball. "B" then attempted

table; he missed his opponents-ball to drop on to the to trickle in off "A" and also to get

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Total (for 5 wkta)

Bowling Analysis

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