A Cricketing Anecdote.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 114, 9 April 1884, Page 4

A Cricketing Anecdote.

An anecdote which wilt be ' read with., interest ty cricketers has 4>een furnished to the Punedin Herald, It appears that , oa Saturday evening last, just as HentHey was m the act of clearing the cricketing material aft the oval, there walked np to him a tall, 0 well-dressed, gentlemanly pWon, and asked him if he would not mind "bowling him half a dozen' balls. Hendley: at once agreed,' and being m ..what he termed good form, he gave, him some stingers. • Wondering how is was be did not succeed m taking tbe stranger's stumps, Hendley put on more pace ; then tried spinner*, then twisters, but all to no purpose. The new comer cooly cut them, chopped them, or drove them all over the field at his own sweet will. Hendley, not only feeling annojed but crestfallen, was determined to ascertain the name of this .mysterious stranger. He boldly walked "up fo him and said, "Beg your ° pardon, -'sir, 'might I ask what your name is?" to which the stranger replied -•: v Blight Hendley said, « What 1 not the Hon". Ivo Bligh?" The stranger anawered, *. Yes : it is the same." The consternation of Hendiey when he beard the Announcement may be imagined by those who know him. His confusion was increased by the chaffing he received from some small boys who witnessed bis herculaau although futile attempts to bowl out the much-esteemed captain. of the late English eleven which risked Australia. , ,