What Cricket Does.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 340, 6 February 1889, Page 3

What Cricket Does.

N"ow fclmfc the national game of cricket) 3s somewhat, out of fashion ib may nob be ami?s to place before our readers what a. j health authority says of its value as an allround exercise. On this aspect the following extract speaks for itself : — The health of every individual part of the whole body being necessary for the perfect) health of the whole body, and exerciso being; undoubtedly necessary for all the healthy well-being of our muscles, ib follows that we should be careful to exercise all the muscles of the | body. Many a man whose occupation is i sedentary keeps himself well by walking to and from his office or place of business, i It is obvious that this amount of exercise does keep a man fairly healthy. It is equally obvious,, however, that? our sedentary classes are noted for narrowchests and shoulders, and it is onlyreasonable to suppose that if they were as 1 careful to exercise their upper limbs as they generally are to exercise their lower, this defect of figure would soon disappear. The great merit of our ' national game ' of cricket lies in the fact that it leaves no part* of the body unexercised. Arms and legs are equally used, and, in batting and fielding alike, every muscle of the trunk is frequently brought into play. Quickness, of vision and thought, judgment, boldness, strength, and delicacy of muscular effort,, each receive their share of training, and the best cricketer is presumably the man who' has these qualities meeting in due proportions in his person.

Railway porter : See here, where are yots going with that axe ? Passenger : Keep cool, young man ; we stop for san.dwich.se at the next station.