The Popular recreator. A key to in-door and out-door amusements .. (1873)
London, New York [etc.] Cassell, Petter & Galpin · leaf 174
they were used by the less skilful followers of cricket, they wereclumsy, ill-shaped, manufactured no doubt by hands far fromefficient, but it is open to doubt whether the more prominentprofessionals were not more favoured in the possession orfitting weapons. Honest old John Bowyer, who lives and… … POSITION OP THE BATSMAN. 162 THE POPULAR* RECREATOR. occasionally now found in country villages, but though theywere heavier and thicker than those now in use, the weight andbalance were carefully considered. I place implicit reliance on the statement that emanates fromthe old man eloquent. It is…
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