SOME CRICKETING STORIES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue II, 12 November 1889, Page 3

SOME CRICKETING STORIES.

... — ♦ - ; — • ' T f ■ 4Jiia Hit— lo7. . We -werfe hzily discussibg tl question of the longest hit that ,cv( •was ftnoV'ti.*" Each had' contx'ibutc his humble mite- of fiction. Oi had seen a tenner (would they we; mor&cemmon !)' on CdMey Mars]

| another remembered an elevener o

"Ghntlwn T iues: one 'had Been a ball picked u;>y a cow, and the bftW men ran liiteen: ar>other had seen a bal wedged u^ tbe a out of a pump, and they raja 27. Then a warrior, vfho had been silent, spoke on this wise: " I think I know the largest number ever scored for one hit. It wi»s"a scratch eleven of the Sappers, fend we were playing against nn cloven of the Hanwell Lunatic sy-lum—-th y wo-e temporarily sana Inn.-.tics or believed to be so, but the lunatin at long; leg fielded a 'ard hit so brilliantly that in his excitemtnt, in,steadu>f retw^ning ,she?s)all, ?jo start^^Jit^l^n^^Q^tfip) of course witTi all th 7 ' fieldin pursuit; and before thej* could catch him and bring back tho ball the v batsmen had mn 175" No one else cared to try an over, after that. ■^ How's Th^j- Umpibe.'T ;[ ;.,. ; No ;good uriipire should, lraypl! bi'vt of his" province to give extr^judicial diefcn. We liavo all heard of the umwe who. when the lower' aske"d i( Flow's tba«'?"' responded admiringly, "Bpnutiful !" This wns at least compHincn :n-v, if not sntisfflctory; b;it foido of these ex'rn-]ndical umpires dicta are neither ihe onf nor th.^ other. . Mr .Stv. iwas many, years n'go chpt'aining n scratch eleven of potters in > tt oti th-, JDevon; '■ It was an excellent match. f l be last potter was in. they hiid two imiis to nia^e to tie. The batsman played a ball to rover-point- ' "Come 1 al^'ng !" said he. stnrfin? to run " No, I tell 'cc. G<=t back niun !" said tb<other potter at the other end, So the striker turned in mid-career, ami in flo ng so sMpped. ... The ball wns we'll re'rirned to.. Mr ,8;— at the wicket. He pronipt'y knocked off the b*ils find, for form's snke, ap penled 'o the umpirp; " How's that ?" (It was the pot'er's umpire.) •♦ Not out." " What ?•' said Mr Mr S — astounded Then, pickingtogether .the. stunYps, hfc'|K>t tby-ix^aU w prigbt jßgaiu'imd 'the'bai'* on^-efwre tho pottpr fucceerie'l in scramblins r back into his ground. •/ Well bow ? s that, then ?" he as' ed, agiiin knock ing off tin* l.ails, with the ball in bis hand. |{ Not • -u 1 !" came the sturdy answer, this time with a postscript; " and if ypr ask again I'll punch yer bloomic' 'earl : ' '' Then" said Mr S relating the story "I thought it was t'me for me to go to bowl, and I bowled one ball which went ten yards wir>e of the wicket and near'y killed point, and »way it went into the furze bushes for four wi-^es, and lias never been heard of since. 8o the potters won the match."