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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 647

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scles as respon-sive as thought, and an eye that can readilyand with unerring instinct measure the evervarying paces of a ball. In playing, one of the most telling strokes isthat obtained by meeting a ball, travelling to-w-ards an opponents goal, either in the air oron the ground, with a swinging… … be not too severe to set to it. Raisnig theball with the boss or point of a hurley,and striking it while in mid-air, is a graceful andtelling stroke, though a sore trial to a novice.This is a very fascinating stroke, which shouldrarely be attempted in matches, and then onlyin the most favourable…

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