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Rh betray the change of pace. Also, try once or twice a high dropping ball.

7. Learn to bowl tosses and tices. With a stiff player, before his eye is in, a toss often succeeds; but especially practise high lobs—a most useful variety of ball. In most Elevens there are one or two men with whom good round-hand bowling is almost thrown away. A first-rate player in Warwickshire was found at fault with lobs: and till he learnt the secret, all his fine play was at an end.

8. Find out the farthest point to which your man can play forward safely, and pitch just short of that point with every variety of pace and dropping balls. Lillywhite's delight is by pitching alternately just within and just out of the batsman's reach, "to catch him in two minds," Here we have positive metaphysics! Just such a wary antagonist as Lillywhite is described by Virgil,—

Of course aditus means an unguarded stump, and locum where to pitch the ball.

9. A good under-hand ball of two high curves—that is, a dropping ball rising high—with a twist in to leg-stump, and a third man to On side,