Cricket 1900

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At last he was tackled by some of the members, who, in a good-natured way, said : “ Look here, you practise at the club nets, you use the club professor, and the pavilion.” To which he replied: “ Certainly. I have paid my subscription. “ Well, said they, “ will you promise to play for us on such and such a date f He promised. On the day of the match he was batting just before lunch, and in the last over hit a ball out of the ground. The players adjourned for lunch. To them enter an infuriated foreign gentleman, who spoke as follows: “ You b-r-r-reak my vin- dow, which is vorth ten pound, you scatter my tings all over de shop, and I haf to hire a boy to take charge of it, and den I come to de gate and you vant charge me sixpence for come on de ground ! ” It turned out to be even as the foreign gentleman had stated. The result was that the club had to pay the £ 10 , and aBthe cricketer made a hundred runs they had, according to the rules, to present him with a guinea bat. He was unable to play again. T b e death is announced of Mr. David Buchanan, the famous left-hand bowler, on Friday latt, after a short illness. From 1868 to 1874 he was the mainstay of the Gentlemen as a bowler in the matches against the Players, and his