Note 8 — Chapter IX · FALLACIES OF THEORISTS AND OTHERS.
Reading edition
The following quotation from a high authority is typical:—
“The left foot precedes the advance of the bat, it being one of the first maxims of forward play that the bat must never be in front of the left foot. This rule is absolute. A neglect of it means that there is nothing to prevent the base of the bat being as near, or nearer, to the bowler than is the handle—no certainty, that is, against the ball being spooned into the air.”