LEG BEHIND.
Major Blazer, retired officer and cricket enthusiast, had arranged a match with the local villagers, and his dearest wish was to show the yokels that ,it such a game an Army man was invincible. When the match was about, t.o be started one of the umpires was minus, so the major decided lo ask a voung man —his future! son-in-law —to officiate. The villagers batted first and scored 77 runs. In went the gallant major and, by careful batting, amassed a total of 50 out of 75 runs for nine wickets and was still not out. But at the next ball an appeal for l.b.w. was made. The umpire with a heart torn betwixt love and duty, after a long pause decided, '"Out, 1.b.w." The major, boiling with rage, walked up to the unfortunate young man. "When you come to my house tonight, young man," he said, "to continue your innings in the love match, I shall give you out ; but" —with a!'savage grin—"it won't bo leg before."
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 432, 20 January 1912, Page 2
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170LEG BEHIND. King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 432, 20 January 1912, Page 2
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