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A GREAT BATSMAN ON BATSMANSHIP.

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MOST VITAL OF ALL Now, of these three funda mentals, Mr. Fry bas naturally för the most to say on Mechanism, for it is this element in batting C. B. Fry and the Art of

that is most amenable to analysis] [/T Cricket Success.

and promises the most immediate Damand Passing my bookseller's win-return for intelligent study and 10 dia Jow the other day, my eye was practice. Into the technique of 0 dis caught by a new and popular his explanation we cannot enter edition of Mr. Charles Fry's book here, but it is interesting to nate on "Batsmanship" and with the that he definitely recommends sight memory awoke and swept batting drill, especially foot-drill ine back ten years or so to Water to accustom the body to that co-operation and too Station on a morning in tml. automatie summer, writes a correspondent lane watch is of the essence in the Observer, I say morning!of bang whether attack or advisedly, for it was on the strake, defence

to Timing, he legs it down ni 8.30 am. that the last panting) member of our eleven cast him again sea ac in that, though aatinde for Timing self breakfastleas and rather irrit-natural able into the train that was to aries, it will within those limits take us to Southampton and the depend simply and solely upan Hampshire ground. We had the the concentration with which the usual assortment of travel literall is watched, and similarly ature with us, but, so far as my that Judgment bas no chance to carriage at least was concerned, "perate effectively unless its data the rest of it was soon discarded are accurately provided by the in favour of a copy of the samejaame vigilant attention. In this book of Mr. Fry's which had then connection I remember well Mr.

telling

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•tation bookstalls in its original that the hardest lesson he had ever to learn in batting was the edition.

Weread it aloud, we debated babit of anremitting concentra: irs theories, we tried to put themation on the ball, and that he hadi into practice with an umbrella, to acquire it afresh by dennitel

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All this is interesting. coming tus off-driving, cussed us soundly it does from such an authority. for thus enbrenjug an hour which in light of the tendency to ascribe he said, property belonged to the some of our recent disasters to rather the fact that our hatsmen barel another night, while

loomily remarked that we might been sacrificing stroke-making to well bare enough of Mr. Fry and watchful defence; but it is not his methods before we left South-their watchfulness that is ampton. The theorists-or, as blame (no one ever looked at the we should prefer, the philosophers ball harder and saw it better than amongst us agreed that it Ranji. Truniper, and the Old would be interesting to watch the Man"), but the inability to ciske universal expressed in the parti-Use of what it gives them, an in

due to preconceived cular up to a limit of, say, 100 ability runs; but, alas, we reckoned with-notions and faulty Mechanism which warp their judgment and We won the toss: out our host.

destroy their freedom. there bad been rain in the night, and by lunch-time we were out for little more than a century;}

As to the vexed controversy for the next five hours Mr. Fry between forward and back play batted, and, when eventually has the corner-stone in batting. declared, he was himself 203 and Mr. Fe frankly denies that any -'ill undefeated:

such but troversy should exist, on the principle that he does not bei flieve in either, but only in both

FORWARD AND BACK PLAY.

E FOUNDATION OF SUTVEes. To this little story the oral ourse is obtious that ledja book written by one who can ludmirable chapters devoted to!

the

| Nevertheless, in reading the two!

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these two strokes, one eauno July 4d... Jh. 59m.-Warning pre-eminently practise what be! preaches. For many years before help feeling that his whole lean-to Hongkote. Cast Ports, se: Typhoon with war. an English batsmaning is towards back play when Depression or could risal Mr. Pes. I do not in doubt "play bats" he says, 120 miles of Lat. 21 S. Lore, 16

and, again, what you can plas E. direction unknown. mean in variety--but in con

stent ability To collar and forward to you can also drive." July Sa. 12h. 00m -Warning! dominate the track week after Sow, this is not surprising. for.. to Hongkong, Coast ports, &c.

Mr. Fry-pression or typhoon within week, on every kind of wicket in the first place. And yet this prowess constitures made himself into

2nd

fitness.

a very great.20 miles of Lat. 22 N. Long. I

in a way the lesser half of viack player indeed, and has 125 E. direction ungnan..

broken countless bowlers' hearts claim on OUT attention she

Jely 52. 1th. 58m. Pressure greater lies in the fart that thay be has relentless skill in "strut

uccess was built up admite lying the door" and in the second has decreased slightly at Apprai on the Basis of magnifired has avouedig owed much to and from Formova to Tongking. A depression les over S. W physique

bathe thears and practice of the primarily by the unremitting apam. Sahib, who was hardly ever China.

A seremiers for ad in the plication of the whole of seen to play a purely defensive!

Yap depression yesterday after- rowers and above all of the forward stroke at all.

But its highly instructive that non. At Sam this marting vers pencitating brain of his yo the study and practice of baltia for dealing with fast bowling on the centre appeared to be atout! From such a source then we fast wickets, he unhesitatingly 30 miles to the east of Koshun plump for forward play. Why Its direction of motion NE ay with some justice expert a

undernown. fairly areure analysis of the Because, to play bark principles of the art and we such runditions, is to make ar

Hongkong Bainfall for the 24 hall not be suppointed. impossible demand on the hats.

men's quickn of novement ours ending at 10 am. to-day. word ot

Total since January | The book and poker to watch the ball off inch. not suitable for study he the pitch. Now, all his advice is 1st. 25.8 inches, against att

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#freeted more or less to experts. hool cricketer: Mr. Fry is an

and it is at least arguable that, expert, and writes. if not fa, ex-j perts. at least for those who will for the ordinary player, the same true against medium-pace bring to bis book some store of experience and some considerabe bowling on fast wickets or against familiarity with the technique offast bowling even on tras lifeless What he says is often wickers. And here, perhaps, we not at all easy to grasp at the had better end on the note that, first or even the second reading in all cricket, coaching elasticits the argument is cl sely reasoned.is essential; individual physique. temperament the explanations often detailed sight-quickness.

game.

and tech ical in the extreme, atd have all to be taken into eun some of the pictures lent them-sideration. In a book on batting selves to the most serious misno one can do more than anxipeel interpretation, unless they are the Mechanism of défence and looked at in the light of the attack and point out the geners!! whole consideration of the stroke principles upon which its varie. ities are to be anverally called into What then are these founda. action, and no one has done this. Done? Mr. Fry lars dorn arabikely to do it. better than trinity-Julament. Mechanism Mr. Pry.

In question.

and Timing—and failure in ang

one can, and will, counteract!

any mastery of the other two.

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determine the flight and length of

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1.D. HAIG'S BLACK EVE. Earl Haig apologised at al

a ball, and the proner strike with! which to meet it (Judgment), welluncheon in Northampton for his may apply the stroke at the wife appearing there with a black precise moment best calculated rolese. The fact was, said the Field- produce the maximum or effect Marshal, their little son, while!

be-playing in the garden on Thurs- (Timing), but we may fail cause of some flaw in the more day, threw a stone at his mother.

ent of hands, arms. legs. body. He thought he ought to make:

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Temperature on the bands, or from our belated back heartily in the applause that stroke chop the ball into our followed his wife's vindication of wicket

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