Cricket 1889

460 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME* NOV. 28, 1889. C R I C K E T ! L A W N T E N N I 8 I F 51»S,N 1889. JAS. LILLYWHITE, FR0WD& CO. Wholesale MANUFACTURERS AND OUTFITTERS, London: 2 y N 1W INGT 0N CAUSEWAY , 69,70. 71,72, 73 aud 74, BOBOUGH KD., S.E. West End Branch: 24, H a y m a rk e t, S.W. J. L., F. & Co. keep the argeai and best Stock in the World of O l d S e a so n e d CANE HANDLE BATS, Best MATCH B\LLS, Extra Light Venti­ lated LEG GUAKDS, GLOVUS, GAUNTLETS, SIUMP8, &c., &c. Sole Patentees and Manufacturers of Frowd'i Patent Special Driver Bats, Everywhere admitted to be T jib K in g op B a t s . J. L., F. & Co.’s New and Grand Tennis Rackets, EMPRESS I GALATEA I ! ENDYMION 1 11 Best Balanced and Tightest Strung Rackets in the Market. Jest Regulation Match Tennip Balls with perfectly seams. Excellent cheap practice Balls. Nets. Po)e&. <fcc., &c. I l l u s t r a t e d P r ic e L is t s P o st - f r e e , LIBKHAL CASH DISCOUNT. W. J. 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The umpire, who was standing two yards to one side, moved up to the wicket, and after looking at the other wicket for a minute, said “ not out." Then he gave the following explanation for his giving the bats­ man not out. “ I have studied this question of leg-before-wicket for twenty-five years, and I know more about it than any man in the country. That ball was on his (the batsman's) middle stump, but you know,Mr. Brown, that all your balls break at least a foot, and if it had not struckhim, it never inthe world would have hit the wicket.” I should think that this might almost be a record, it is certainly ahead of anything I ever heard of. RECOLLECTIONS OF A “ DUCK.” I walk to the wioket shaking, And I wonder how I'll fare, My guard I’m slowly taking, I’m told to play with care. The Bowler o’er my being Has shed a subtle spell, And alas ! there is no fleeing From the ball that he bowls so well# And my blood is in a tingle, As it sometimes was before, One smack, one little single, In mercy I implore. Oh, I think of that moment with sorrow', Why did I so recklessly play ? Then let me remember to-morrow, How I fell for a “ duck ” to-day. Oh ! tell me now, if you intended With a break like that to bowl ? I think (but vou won’t be offended) You pitcned it in a hole. Why ? why did its wideness deceive me ? And tempt me in madness to smite ? I look round in horror, believe me, My wicket’s not upright. For my blood was in a tingle, As it sometimes was before, No smack, no little single, But only one “ duok " more. Oh, I think of that moment with sorrow* Why did I so reoklessly play ? Then let me remember to-morrow, How I fell for a “ duck ” to-day. O. H. D. NEXT ISSUE, DECEMBER 27.