Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Charles Howard, Earl of, 1833-1898, Peek, Hedley, Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1870-1918 · London : Lawrence and Bullen · leaf 266
very teammust have a wicket-keeper, and no cricketermust shirk a few hard knocks, every aspirantshould try whether he pos.sesses the needfulquickness and accuracy of hand and eye. The wicket-keepers first duty is to get thebatsman out, his second—subsidiary to the first,but quite important—to save… … Fig. 14. advisable to stand about ten yards behind thethe wicket, sacrificing the chance—which seldomoccurs with really fast bowling—of stumping aman. When standing up, he should be so closeto the wicket that he can easily touch it with hishands ; his body should be mainly on the off-side, where…
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