| 8. | From having draws and slips stopped, which long-stop could not stop if nearer in | about 5 |
| 9. | One man run out | " 8 |
| 10. | Depressing influence of the same | " ? |
| 11. | From not having the only long-stop disgusted and hurried into missing everything | " ? |
| 12. | From not having the adversary all wild by these combined annoyances | " ? |
| Total | " 52 | |
| 13. | Loss from adversary playing better when going in against a score of 100 than against 152 | " ? |
Now, though I have put down nothing for four sources of loss, not the less material because hard to calculate, the difference between good runners and bad seems to be above half the score. That many will believe me I can hardly expect; but, before they contradict, let them watch and reckon for themselves, where fielding is not first-rate.
It was only after writing as above that I read that in "North v. South," 1851, the North lost six wickets, and the South two, by running out! In the first Gentlemen and Players' match, of the same year, it was computed that one man, who made a long score, actually lost as many runs as he made! In choosing an eleven, such men should be marked, and the loser of runs avoided on the same principle as a bad fieldsman. Reckon not only the runs a man may make, but the runs he may lose, and how the game turns about
