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the cricketer hero—he has only to think of himself and his game: the cricketer has to bear the burden of ten colleagues, some of whom may contribute little to the strength of the side. If the great man happens to be a bowler, his most superhuman efforts may be baffled by a field that will not hold catches. The great golfer has only himself to think of, except in a foursome, and in a foursome it is comparatively easy for even a duffer of a partner, if only he is conscious of his own impotence, to do little to handicap his great colleague. Though, as has been said, the great man has a wonderful power of getting out of difficulties, he ought never to find himself in one, for the bad player ought to make it his chief object to avoid bunkers and hazards. If the bad player can succeed in this, the hero will win the match for him.