Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    From $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    A "Bawl" for American Cricket
    A "Bawl" for American Cricket
    A "Bawl" for American Cricket
    Ebook78 pages56 minutes

    A "Bawl" for American Cricket

    By Jones Wister

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "A "Bawl" for American Cricket" by Jones Wister. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDigiCat
    Release dateAug 1, 2022
    ISBN8596547142911
    A "Bawl" for American Cricket

    Related to A "Bawl" for American Cricket

    Related ebooks

    Classics For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • UNLIMITED

      The Sound Of Leather On Willow

      Mar 12, 2021

      The Sound Of Leather On Willow
      3 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Cricket! It’s Not Cricket!

      May 16, 2024

      Cricket! It’s Not Cricket!
      4 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Cricket’s Bible Takes The Knee

      May 27, 2021

      Cricket’s Bible Takes The Knee
      4 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Are U.s. Sports Actually Superior To Ours?

      Apr 28, 2022

      SIR RICHARD TURNBULL, the last governor of Tanganyika, once assured Denis Healey that “when the British Empire finally sinks beneath the waves of history, it will leave behind it only two monuments: one is the game of Association Football (above), th

      3 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      The Field From The Archives

      Oct 10, 2024

      The Field From The Archives
      2 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Plockton’s Sporting Dilemma

      Apr 9, 2022

      Plockton’s Sporting Dilemma
      2 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Let Battle commence

      Aug 19, 2021

      Let Battle commence
      7 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      The 100 club

      May 27, 2021

      The 100 club
      2 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Britain's Sporting Life

      Nov 15, 2023

      ‘And if you know your history’ sounds like the sort of thing a politician might say, or a pub bore. To hear several thousand people say those words together, you would need to be at the football. Fans as far apart as Glasgow, Liverpool and London can

      3 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      A Half-Time History of Soccer

      Jul 1, 2019

      A Half-Time History of Soccer
      3 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Pebbles, Pills, and Pellets

      Jul 1, 2020

      Pebbles, Pills, and Pellets
      4 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      What Has Pickleball Become?

      Nov 4, 2022

      What Has Pickleball Become?
      4 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Nick Timothy

      Aug 26, 2021

      TRUE FANS KNOW THAT LIVE SPORT is not to be enjoyed, but endured. If the object of our sporting affection is losing, it is miserable. If they are winning, we fear they will throw it all away. Only after the drama can those at home emerge from behind

      3 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Batting For The British Empire

      Jun 10, 2021

      Batting For The British Empire
      6 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Sporting Ancestors

      Jul 27, 2021

      Sporting Ancestors
      6 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      “The A Games Are The Missing Part Of The Euro Jigsaw”

      Jun 8, 2021

      Rugby’s most outspoken and inf luential journal ist THE LAST weekend of June should be an absolute cracker. Not only are there three games of weighty significance but, barring a late comeback from the pandemic, there will be fans present in decent nu

      6 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      International Rescue

      Sep 12, 2024

      International Rescue
      13 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      T20 Cricket World Cup

      Sep 16, 2021

      T20 Cricket World Cup
      3 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Wimbledon Now And Them

      Jun 25, 2021

      Wimbledon Now And Them
      5 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Where Dreams Are Made … and Broken

      May 16, 2024

      It was Chi Chi Rodriguez’s idea, but Lon Hinkle did it first – turn the 545-yard double-dog-leg par-5 eighth hole at the Inverness Club into a two-shotter by hitting the tee shot onto the neighbouring 17th fairway. It was the first round of the 1979

      13 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Goals And Assists

      May 2, 2024

      Goals And Assists
      4 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Courts Of Appeal

      Jun 15, 2023

      Courts Of Appeal
      7 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Dome-Shaped Basketball Hall of Fame Silver Dollar Launches

      Mar 20, 2020

      Members and supporters of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame gathered for the Mint’s ceremonial striking of the 2020 Basketball Hall of Fame silver dollar coin Feb. 25. The event was hosted by U.S. Mint Director David J. Ryder. During his

      2 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Know More

      Sep 11, 2019

      If this were a stage play, you can imagine a terse two-hander: brash, blustering Packer, representing the forces of commerce and modernity, against the traditionalist icon of humble, old Australia, the Don. Instead, this is a deeply reported account

      5 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      The Voice Of The Countryside

      Dec 15, 2022

      IT was 170 years ago, on Saturday, 1 January 1853, that a klaxon sounded in the maelstrom of Victorian newsprint that represented those interests and pastimes of the leisured 19th-century gentleman. In the smoky, industrialised buzz of the city, the

      3 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for A "Bawl" for American Cricket

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      A "Bawl" for American Cricket - Jones Wister

      Jones Wister

      A Bawl for American Cricket

      EAN 8596547142911

      DigiCat, 2022

      Contact: DigiCat@okpublishing.info

      Table of Contents

      Introductory.

      CHAPTER I. COMPARING BASE BALL WITH CRICKET.

      CHAPTER II. DARK DAYS OF CRICKET.

      CHAPTER III. FIELDING.

      CHAPTER IV. BATTING.

      CHAPTER V. THE MANAGEMENT OF A MATCH.

      CHAPTER VI. GENERAL REMARKS.

      CHAPTER VII. DEFINITIONS.

      CHAPTER VIII. LAWS OF CRICKET.—AS REVISED BY THE MARLEYBONE CRICKET CLUB, MAY,1890.

      Introductory.

      Table of Contents

      It has been our good fortune to find the fountain of youth lurking in the out-door pleasures of Skating, Swimming, Rowing, Horseback Riding, Tennis, Base Ball and Cricket. The grown-up folk are now engaged in utilizing the discovery made by youth thousands of years ago, that health and happiness depend upon their innocent amusements. College Faculties have realized that the morals of youth as well as success in after life, depend upon the good health engendered by competitive pastimes. The strength of a nation lies in the correct training of the young. England’s great victories on land and sea were won by the men, who when boys wielded a cricket bat, pulled an oar, or kicked the foot ball. America too has had her conflicts, and may have others.

      These lines are offered to the youth of this fair land, in the hope that their innocent play may prepare them mentally, physically and morally for whatever battles life may have in store for them. We believe there are many who would gladly learn to play cricket, if the opportunity presented itself. Only the favored few live near established grounds, while the many are unable to find even a book upon the game. The enjoyment of cricket, followed by the good health which it brings, is within the easy grasp of all, nor does it depend upon the standard of the play, but turns rather upon its equality.

      The memories of the past, though dear to many, will not be used to bore those who look rather to the future. But a few words about the origin of the game we love, may prove interesting. Early in the century Englishmen were found playing their national game upon the beautiful meadows of Germantown. Young America, as quick then as now, to imitate a good thing, organized a Germantown Cricket Club, and played upon a field of the Belfield farm from 1840 to 1846. Those were the glorious days of underhand bowling, forward hits and single wicket. A stone roller borrowed from a neighboring garden smoothed the pasture, and almost the only recollection we retain of this primitive crease, is of two spots bare of grass, indicative of constant use. This club was the pioneer of cricket by Americans, and the forerunner of the present Germantown Cricket Club, which used the impliments left by the old club, to play its first games, and became the direct heir of both its name and property. But the Philadelphia Club, which organized a year before the Germantown, grew out of an organization known as the Union Cricket Club, which upheld the honor of Philadelphia Englishmen against New York Englishmen during the Forties.

      During this decade some University men organized a cricket club known as the Juniors, and played upon the Union ground. Matches were played and prize bats were offered by Dr.Mitchell, the father of Dr.S.Weir Mitchell, one of which is now in the possession of Wm.Rotch Wister, generally spoken of as the father of American Cricket, who won it by the handsome score of44, in the year 1845. All of these clubs disbanded and cricket slumbered till 1853, when the Philadelphia Club organized. Camden had been the scene of the Union and Junior Club’s matches, and it was again selected as the best site for the new ground.

      The names of Englishmen were numerous upon the rolls of this club, and their professional Tom Seinor was the typical fast round arm bowler of the period. He trained the elevens to meet the St.George and New York Clubs, and was regarded with awe and wonder by the young American cricketer. The boy or even the man, who could block the cannon balls of the mighty Yorkshireman was the hero of the hour. The idea of hitting his terrefic balls scarcely entered the heads of the boys. Only Englishmen were supposed to be able to score against such speedy bowling.

      The Germantown boys who had organized their club in 1854, played only one or two local teams during its first season, chief of which was against the Delphian Circumferaneous, whose enthusiasm for cricket was often evinced before breakfast. A year later when practice had improved their play, they challenged the Philadelphian’s,

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1
      pFad - Phonifier reborn

      Pfad - The Proxy pFad of © 2024 Garber Painting. All rights reserved.

      Note: This service is not intended for secure transactions such as banking, social media, email, or purchasing. Use at your own risk. We assume no liability whatsoever for broken pages.


      Alternative Proxies:

      Alternative Proxy

      pFad Proxy

      pFad v3 Proxy

      pFad v4 Proxy