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...Style. Sickert himself kept on bubbling until the age of 82. At 72 he caused a sensation by exhibiting a portrait of George V painted from a photograph of the king in bowler and overcoat, pointing up the resemblance of the monarch to his bearded horse-trainer. At 74 he was made a Royal Academician, huffily resigned the following year because other Academy members failed to come to the defense of controversial Sculptor Jacob Epstein. In his last years, he changed his signature (from Walter to his middle name, Richard, because it seemed more euphonious), grew a sprawling beard...
...Crimson scoring was led by Frank Davies and Bruce Cheek, who scored 16 and 11 runs respectively. Paul Cooke was the most effective Crimson bowler with five wickets...
...next peculiarity of cricket is the wicket, which is composed of three vertical stumps (sticks of wood) and two little bails which are balanced on top of the stumps. The batsman stands in front of the wicket, and protects it--tries to prevent the bowler from bowling the ball past him and knocking down the stumps and bails. If his wicket is knocked down, the batsman is "bowled out," which is roughly equivalent to being struck...
...yards apart and facing each other. The method of scoring is simple, but experience has shown that the American public is singularly dense on this subject, so I will write with care. After the batsman has hit the ball, he has the option of running up to the bowler's end while the batsman there runs down to take his place. Each completed exchange scores a run; on a good hit the batsmen often score two or three runs. The key thing is that the batsmen have a choice, and do not have to run if they think they...
...baseball, cricket players field barehanded. Only the wicket-keeper (catcher) has a pair of gloves. Those who think that bowling cannot be very fast because it bounces off the ground should note that the batsmen wear pads on their legs and have special half-gloves for their hands. Bowlers can generate terrific speeds with their curious stiff armed bowling (they are not allowed to throw). A fast bowler takes a run of up to twenty paces before delivering each ball--the prospect of a fast bowler bearing down on one is appalling...