Word: shortness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...averages are very creditable, when we consider for how short a time most of the men have been playing cricket The average of the bowlers are particularly good, and will compare favorably with those of any other team. This is in some degree, due to the unevenness of many of the fields, and also, in a measure, to the weak batting of opponents. The eleven has been steadily improving, and every game it played seemed to add materially to its strength...
...Rows short, and swings back at the finish...
...well braced on the stretchers, rushes his slide, catches the water ahead of the stroke, and does not drive his oar through, hangs at full reach and rows short...
...Short man and cannot get a long sweep; is strong but absent-minded; clips, feathers under the water, and drops at full reach...
...Stiff, drops at full reach. clips, and rows short...