. "", cricketing reminiscences and personal recollections. breath waswasted on unnecessary abuse of the Cambridgebowler. The situation was a curious one. Appa-rently both sides were determined to take advan-tage of an unavoidable flaw in the rules, forif the Cambridge bowler had not thrown awayeight runs, the Oxford batsmen would havethrown away the tenth wicket. Between thetwo transgressions of the spirit in which sports-manlike cricket should be played there waspractically nothing to choose. It was, to usea common phrase, six of one and half a dozenof the other. Personally, if I believed
. "", cricketing reminiscences and personal recollections. breath waswasted on unnecessary abuse of the Cambridgebowler. The situation was a curious one. Appa-rently both sides were determined to take advan-tage of an unavoidable flaw in the rules, forif the Cambridge bowler had not thrown awayeight runs, the Oxford batsmen would havethrown away the tenth wicket. Between thetwo transgressions of the spirit in which sports-manlike cricket should be played there waspractically nothing to choose. It was, to usea common phrase, six of one and half a dozenof the other. Personally, if I believed a bats-man meant to sacrifice his wicket in order tosecure a follow-on for his side, I should throwaway runs to frustrate his purpose ; but, on theother hand, if I saw that a bowler was bent onpreventing a follow-on innings by sending downwides and no-balls, I should knock my wicketdown without hesitation. It passes the wit ofman to frame rules which would prevent suchepisodes occurring, and the lawgivers of cricketare compelled to throw themselves upon the.
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