XXV.—Another of Hirst’s grips: all the fingers touch the ball, the little one only just with its side.

[Between pages [70] and [71].

XXVI.—Same grip for right hand bowler.

[Between pages [70] and [71].

friends if a ball be held in the hand at odd moments. I recommend a Lawn Tennis ball to begin with, until the fingers become accustomed to the stretching.

Both hands should be trained, just as both right-hand and left-hand actions should be assimilated. The chance of becoming a left-hand bowler (for occasional variety if not regularly) is not one to be missed, especially in these days of billiard-table wickets.