Grimsby and District Cricket League and Lincolnshire County Cricket League Guide 1964

HINTS TO PLAYERS 1. Every cricketer is the heir to a great English tradition and can help to hand on and even to enrich this part of the English way of life. 2. A cricketer should never forget that he is playing with, as well as against the other team and that he is either their host or their guest. 3. A player should strive for all he is worth to win or, if he cannot win, to avert defeat; but there is a price beyond which victory or the avoidance of defeat should never be bought. 4. The struggle and its result should never obscure the true ends for which it is played, recreation, good fellowship, the training of character, and above all the conviction which the game can bring that, through it and what it gives, life is indeed the more worth living. 5. Every cricketer should take pride in turning out as smart and tidy as he can and in looking after his equipment properly. 6. Whenever you bat always wear pads, and gloves and a protector if you have them; not only can they save y.ou from injury but they will give you confidence. 7. Keep your pads clean and see that the straps are not so long as to flap beyond the buckles. 8. If your cricket boots or shoes are leather~soled, see that they are properly nailed and be sure to keep the nails clear of mud. It is impossible to bowl or field well unless you are properly shod: a slip may cost you your wicket when batting, or mean missing a catch that can lose the match. 9. Be sure that you can wield your bat easily. You can test its "drive" by knocking up a ball with it. Keep the face clean with sandpaper; oil it when new, but once it is driving well a rub once a week or so with an oily rag is all it will need. Never let it get wet, e.g., from lying on wet grass. Never store it near a hot pipe or radiator in the winter. Never play with a loose rubber handle; get it stuck down again at once. 10. Take care of your cricket ball. Keep it clear of mud, especially the seam. If it gets wet never dry it in front f the fire. Dubbin or a colourless furniture cream will keep the leather in good condition. 11. No real cricketer should ever stop learning. The more he learns and the harder he works at it, the better he will play the game and the more he will enjoy it. 12. No cricketer will go wrong by following their friends who patronise the Advertisers in this Handbook. FOR THE BEST EQUIPMENT PLUS 100 °/ 0 SERVICE ! ! ! C. S. REVILL LTD. THE SPORTS SUPPLY CO. TEL. 24 SOUTH SAINT MARY'S GATE GRIMSBY 56206 23