Word: bowler
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...acquainted with the rules cannot fail to be intensely interested in a close game, but in cricket it is not only necessary to know the rules, but one must be able to appreciate the nicety of every stroke of the batsman and of every ball delivered by the bowler. It is a game for which, to thoroughly appreciate, one must have almost an hereditary feeling. That such a feeling can be developed in four years of college life is not to be expected, and it is only when cricket has become to some extent a national game that...