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Title: "W.G.", cricketing reminiscences and personal recollections
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Grace, W. G. (William Gilbert), 1848-1915
Subjects: Cricket
Publisher: London, J. Bowden
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
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done by twisting the fingers and handjust as the ball leaves the hand, and in cultivatingthis bowlers with long arms and long fingers havean advantage over short-armed and short-fingeredbowlers. As to pace, I suggest no hard-and-fast rules.As I said about youthful batsmen, natural ten-dencies should be respected, and a boy should beencouraged to bowl fast or slow as suits his incli-nation, style, and strength. It is useless toattempt to make a slow bowler into a fast one, ora fast bowler into a slow one. It is in helping aboy to decide what his pace and style should bethat the advice of a good coach is most valuable.If such advice is not obtainable the best I can sayto a young cricketer is that he should not bowlbeyond his strength, and should not at too earlyan age attempt a really fast delivery. No boyshould be discouraged or depressed because hecannot bowl fast. He should remember thatthough fast bowling is invaluable, slow bowlinghas its uses, and often captures wickets which fast
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