The Ladies' Guide to Cricket

term*. They refer to the case or difficulty with which tho ball may be neen. A glnro, or Windows from passing clouds, or lro\p, or nven dull uncertain ligld- »re all unfaTOiirablo condi­ tions, while a fixed, steady, moderately bright light is a great assistance to the batsmen. But Stanley now reioincs his lady friends, the telegraph showing 114 t>—5H. M rs . i 'nKSTKK : “ Welcome back, Mr. Stanley! That you have played splendidly even wo novices can judge. But why wore you put out P Mr. Lover explained all the possible ways of getting out, and you seem to have been guilty of none of the offences he described.” S tanley : “ A gust of wind blew my hat off (more fool me for wearing a straw 1) and it knocked off the bails. That is a form of hit trick* t, though it is honoured with itaelf. Lover probably thought that, having explained ‘ hit wicket’ in Brunner’s case, lie had included my mishap, if it occurred to him at all. 11a! though, there goes our last wicket, Stubbs being bowled by Trundler. Our ten wickets are, therefore, exhausted, Lover carrying his bat out—that is being not out— for want of a surviving partner. I made mistake in not sending him in earlier, instead of that impostor, Planty Sidon, who crammed me with his wonderful per­ formances in Fiji. See! the telegraph finally registers the innings 119—10—1—13 119 10 1—13 | > The 1 in the lower corner is Stubbs’ score (the last man put out), and the 13 in the opposite corner is Lover’s contribution, lie being, as 1 have already said, the ‘ not o u t The innings, therefore, amounts to 119 runs for ten wickets; the last out having scored 1, and the not out 13. I am repeating myself purposely to impress the matter on your minds. But hero com* Lover. Well played my lad! your stand saved us.” Misti L iston : “ Like your modesty, Mr. Lover, to tell us that you were not much of a bat!” * L oveh • “ All luck, Miss Liston, I assure you,—but while f uuley was making runs I was making doggerel in my heath lie i I huv since scribbled on this scrap of paper. The •frili itio i if beneath criticism, but the rhymes may have son.- ulue in a umei lonicul sense, as they comprise all the «. in vhit'll u butsuiun may lose his wicket. The last two line nubr ice C> tunley’s case, which, in my oral lectures to you, 1 lu ii l) put, vu> homeliow forgotten and omitted. Nlinll you nmt <i much)! 1 road the effusion to you ?”