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'ign~nian. THE WORCESTER CATH EDRAL SCH DOL CHR(lN ICLE. No. 6, Vol. I.
DECEMBER, 1882.
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Reforms in Cricket and Football. • •• .. Cathedral Schools-their Origin and Early History.. A Trip to Naini Tal and the Himalayas •• .. A Visit to the British Museum - Ornithological '... .. .. .. Department Rambles round Worcester in Search of Lepidoptera Athletic-Sports •• .• .. .• Speech Day . . Football Qbituary .. .. .. King's Scholarships' Examinations School News •• •• .. • School Officers Corresponden,c,e."
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as needless. "Cricket and Football" he says, "have now long flourished among us,' and skilful 'f>layers in either game find no fault in the way the game is played." How far this is true we must leave those of our readers who take, part .,in the games to judge. There is room for reform in a greater or less degree almost everywhere, and even cricket and football, played though "" they certainly are with a great degree of per~ fection, are not wholly exceptions to the rule. Our correspondent warmly, and rightly so, as we think, upholds the existing Rugby rules. "We
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who know the game" he says, "who love and enjoy its excitement and its invigorating nature, can only pity those careful mis-informed persons, who view the game with dislike. I venture to say that if they played a sufficient number of times to understand the various rules and restrictions of the game, all their fancies and ignorant dislikes would vanish' and they would enjoy it as well as we do." Passing on, our correspondent next reviews several of the reforms which have been proposed as beneficial to cricket. "Here again" he says "the ignorance of the so-called reformers has been manifested in the greatest degree by their remarks on tllis noble gam,E;l. First comes the cry of danger As a fair sample of theu- arguments they say that if the balL were to hit you on the head in might kill; yes, we agree with them, it might kill. But do we know of one single pastime where there is not danger of one kind or another, and is mete possibility to step in, and cast gloom over ..Jery seemingly harmless pleasure. Among other complaints against cricket is one com plaining of the unnatural length of the important matches. There is perhaps more reason in this, but could they'not commence rather earlier in the day ~ of course the reformers are not behind hand with a suggestion. Theypropose dispensing with the elaborate luncheons which are often