Wood, John George, 1827-1889. [from old catalog] · London, New York, Routledge, Warne, and Routledge · leaf 24
heir way to the wicket at times,because they have so much spin and twist as to take a devious courseto their goal. They must therefore be met as near the ground aspossible before they have had their twist developed ; but at the sametime nothing but practice will give the proper mode of dealing… … Such are the most obvious directions for playing cricket; for themore intricate and abstruse questions, the reader is referred to **TheCricket Field, already alluded to, which has become the text-bookfor this scientific game. The following axioms and definitions explain, as far as descriptionwill…
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