CRICKET.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 39, 16 October 1913, Page 5

CRICKET.

The following unbeaten team .will jdurney to Inglewood on Thursday, 23rd to defeat an Inglewood -team. , The match will be played under the.auspices of the Stratford A. and P. Association.! i Cricket, it is isaid,, is not.a New Zealand game, but tlie; following players^. a detailed description of whom appears underneath, are confident that they can revive all its glories and uphold the prestige of Stratford. The team is as follows":

C. Jackson (skipper).—Recently joined the Benedicts, will find it a hard matter to get away; famous general, to Stonewall. '.."'"

E. Jackson.—Can catch swallowswill probably sell the Inglewood Recreation Ground to the Inglewood skipper, Matthews; will have Barney, his pony, to run for him. F. Dunlop.—He "is" a cricketer; desperate hitter to leg; his biggest hit was in H.M.S. Pinafore; will leave the pinafore home on this occasion and. wear kilts'.

J. East.—Sound bat; can hear him miles away. S. Hill.—Xot, Clem, but just as good; will probably use eruptite.

J. Donald.—Has threatened to convey the team to li%lewood in his motor car; the team expect to score off him.

F. Brown.—" The mechanic"; will probably leave the field every few minutes to sell B.S.A. motor bikes; when not off the ground will keep wickets.

W. Y. Kirkham.—The farmers' friend"; was picked in the last test (4.2); was top score with 96 grade and expects to overrun. A. Wheeler.—Of hockey fame; expects to beat Donald for the honour of driving the team to Inglewood. B. Fearon.—Expected to follow his skipper's lead at any time; will knock off batting immediately to enrol a member for the Show; will be padded with schedules and entrv forms.

Hale.—Another eruptite man; has been known to shatter wickets wholesale; will demonstrate to Inglewood what eruptite can do.

Fowler.—Cricket has run in his family for centuries; according to Darwin, some of his ancestors could hit a single wicket witli a cocoanut, every time.

C Lawry.—The dark horse of the team ;expects to give sound advice fitting to the occasion ; supposed to be

home early. Desperate energy is being displayed in training, the team being locked up every night, so we wish the A. and P. team every success.