The Boy's Modern Playmate: A Book of Sports, Games, and PastimesJohn George Wood Frederick Warne and Company, 1891 - 816 sider |
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Side 3
... length . 6. THE WICKETS shall be pitched opposite and parallel to each other at a distance of twenty - two yards . Each wicket shall be eight inches in width , and consist of three stumps , with two bails upon the top . The stumps shall ...
... length . 6. THE WICKETS shall be pitched opposite and parallel to each other at a distance of twenty - two yards . Each wicket shall be eight inches in width , and consist of three stumps , with two bails upon the top . The stumps shall ...
Side 4
... length . 9. THE GROUND shall not be rolled , watered , covered , mown , or beaten during a match , except before the commencement of each innings and of each day's play , when , unless the in - side object , the ground shall be swept ...
... length . 9. THE GROUND shall not be rolled , watered , covered , mown , or beaten during a match , except before the commencement of each innings and of each day's play , when , unless the in - side object , the ground shall be swept ...
Side 9
... length and width ; but the thickness and weight are left to the fancy and capacity of the # FIG . 1 . player . In a general way , a tall man can use a heavier bat than a short one . About 2 lb. is a fair weight for a player of middle ...
... length and width ; but the thickness and weight are left to the fancy and capacity of the # FIG . 1 . player . In a general way , a tall man can use a heavier bat than a short one . About 2 lb. is a fair weight for a player of middle ...
Side 14
... length ball , " because it pitches just the right length to be most puzzling to the batsman ; and it can only be met with reasonable safety in one of two ways - either by playing forward and stopping it at the pitch , or by playing back ...
... length ball , " because it pitches just the right length to be most puzzling to the batsman ; and it can only be met with reasonable safety in one of two ways - either by playing forward and stopping it at the pitch , or by playing back ...
Side 23
... length - balls . The learner will find it good practice to mark , with a piece of paper or a dab of chalk , the exact spot on which his ball ought to pitch to be a good length , and steadily set himself to acquire the art ( for it is to ...
... length - balls . The learner will find it good practice to mark , with a piece of paper or a dab of chalk , the exact spot on which his ball ought to pitch to be a good length , and steadily set himself to acquire the art ( for it is to ...
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Side 625 - These simple machines are the lever, the wheel and axle, the pulley, the inclined plane, the wedge, and the screw.
Side 61 - ... the right and left courts. On each side of the net, at a distance of 21 feet from it, and parallel with it, are drawn the service lines.
Side 766 - Italian player oi some eminence. Walker says this may be classed as the most brilliant and critical opening known, and recommends the student to play it at every opportunity ; he also throws out the warning that an incorrect move may irrecoverably lose the game. The defence is most difficult to discover in actual play.
Side 48 - In all match games, lines connecting the liome and first bases, and the home and third bases, and also the lines of the striker's and pitcher's positions, shall be marked by the use of chalk or other suitable material, so as to be distinctly seen by the umpire. The...
Side 765 - WHITE. BLACK. 1. P. tO K. 4. i. P. tO K. 4. 2. P. to KB 4. 2. P. takes P. 3. K. Kt. to B. 3- 3- P. to K. Kt. 4. 4. KB to QB 4. 4. K. Kt. P. advances.
Side 7 - When there shall be more than four players on a side, there shall be no bounds. All hits, byes, and overthrows shall then be allowed.
Side 650 - I can take it into another room and there fire spirits of wine with it. If while it is electrifying I put my finger, or a piece of gold which I hold in my hand, to the nail, I receive a shock which stuns my arms and shoulders.
Side 66 - ... decide similarly for the second game. The partner of the player who served in the first game shall serve in the third; the partner of the player who served in the second game shall serve in the fourth, and so on in the same order in all the subsequent games of a set.
Side 5 - Or, if with any part of his person he stop the ball, which, in the opinion of the umpire at the bowler's wicket, shall have been pitched in a straight line from it to the striker's wicket, and would have hit it.