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The encyclopaedia of sport (1897)

Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Charles Howard, Earl of, 1833-1898, Peek, Hedley, Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1870-1918 · London : Lawrence and Bullen · leaf 507

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Cricket Gkii. altogether outside the old golfing traditions;men whose traditions are all of cricket, and towhom, perforce, a golf club is but a kind of batwherewith to hit the ball, ^^ith this view of thematter, these players have developed a methodof holding the club and hitting the ball which,… … cricketing method of using a golf club may bedismissed shortly. It requires great strength ofhand, wrist, and forearm, and the club is grippedtightly with the palms of the hands, the fingersholding firmly, the back of the right hand beingkept well under, as shown in the illustration.For the proper…

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