182 THE COMPLETE SPORTSMAN 



You may then try a preliminary ball or two at 

 the side of the pitch, though it invariably 

 happens that the wicket-keeper fails to stop 

 these trial balls and a certain amount of delay 

 ensues while they are being retrieved from the 

 Jubilee Pump. When you feel that your arm is 

 sufficiently loose, measure out the run that you 

 intend to take behind the wicket, mark the 

 starting-point by digging your heel into the turf 

 or erecting a cairn of daisies, and take good care 

 to attract the batsman's attention before you 

 deliver your first ball. 



The bowler who can fill his antagonists with 

 panic is clearly half-way on the road to success. 

 This can sometimes be done by assuming a 

 ferociously professional air, and with this in 

 view it is always a good plan to alter the position 

 of as many of the fieldsmen as possible before 

 you start to bowl. Beckon to " cover-point " 

 to come closer in, ask " third man " to draw a 

 bit wider, signal to " long-leg " to go deeper — 

 move the fields about, in fact, in any way 

 you like so long as by so doing you create in 

 the batsman's mind the impression that you 

 really do know something about the technical 

 side of the game. If, too, you can so arrange 

 matters that your first ball should strike him in 

 a vital part he will be more than ever inclined to 

 treat any subsequent balls with redoubled respect. 



