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Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2280, 19 February 1887, Page 2 (Supplement)

Light Labour. —Cleaning lamps. " Sam," said a master to a sleepy-headed apprentice, "have you ever seen a snail?" " Yes, sir." " Then you must have met it, for you could never have overtaken it." Turner's phenomenal bowling in the recent intercolonial match between Victoria and New South Wales is thus referred to by the Argus :—"At 3 o'clock (on Tuesday) the Victorian score had reached 50, Bruce having got 31 and Palmer 15. Turner came back again in place of Jones, and this change had an immediate and sensational effect, for with the second ball, breaking from the off, the new man cleaned bowled Palmer without any addition to the score as already given. Horan came next, but, to the amazement of the onlookers, the first from Turner took his leg stump away, the ball being just such a one as had already beaten several of the Vietorian batsmen. Trumble followed, and the sensation of McDonnell's innings was almost eclipsed when the newcomer's leg stump was sent flying by Turner. There was a perfect scream, half of surprise, half of delight from the onlookers, and as the New South Wales players gathered about Turner and congratulated him on his feat, the bowler was cheerad all round the ground. At the fall of the second wicket people had wondered whether he could do the hat trick, but very few expected to see their thoughts thus realised. The three balls which sent back Palmer, Horan, ami Trumble wore all of the same sort—pitohing outside the line of the off stump, and breaking right across at a very fast pace, at the same time rising and hitting the leg stump close to the bails. The performance was a most legitimate one, for neither of the three batsmen know the meaning of the word 'funk,' which was being generally used all round the ground."