FACETIOUS ’KEEPER.
It was a cricket match in Melbourne many years ago. The Mflh* became bad, but with both tearrs desirous of winning, neither appealed. In the half-dark a new batsman came to the wicket to take guard, whereupon the wicketkeeper, a facetious fellow, struck a match and said loudly, ‘'Excuse me, but haven’t you batted fore?”
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 139, 2 September 1927, Page 10
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57FACETIOUS ’KEEPER. Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 139, 2 September 1927, Page 10
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