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Item, Crawley had mastered the left-handed bowler's favourite ball, and by playing very forward hit it away before it took the dangerous twist. It looked very risky, and the Hillsborough wicket-keeper was in constant hope of stumping him, but he never missed, and scored off every ball of that sort which came to him.
Whether Burgess would have knocked de Freece off his length or not was a question that was destined to remain unsolved, for in the middle of the other bowler's over Bob hit a single; the batsmen crossed; and Burgess had his leg-stump uprooted while trying a gigantic pull-stroke. The melancholy youth put up the figures, 54, 5, 12, on the board.
The owner sold him to me for Confederate money, knowing that the sale bore close resemblance to a gift. After a night's rest I set out for the army. Riding in the wake of the retiring sons of Illinois, I recrossed the river at Bowler's, and on the second day rejoined the brigade near Fredericksburg.
However, once up, the spirits of the party rose, and they assembled in good-humour in Bowler's study, where by the dim light of a candle the seven brown-paper parcels were solemnly doled out, and a final review of the preparations made. All this being done, Bowler gave the order to march, which the party obeyed by taking off their boots and crawling downstairs on tiptoe to the front door.
The century went up, and a run later Norris off-drove the slow bowler's successor for three, reaching his fifty by the stroke. 'Must be fairly warm work fielding today, said Reece. 'By Jove! said Gethryn, 'I forgot. I left my white hat in the House. Any of you chaps like to fetch it? There were no offers. Gethryn got up. 'Marriott, you slacker, come over to the House.
"Resume your play," commanded Pennybet. "It was Not Out." "Why?" loudly demanded the bowler. Penny seized the only escape from his sensational error. "Because, you horrid little tuberculous maggot, it was a no-ball. Besides, you smell." The little boy looked defiantly at him, and, pointing to me, said: "Bowler's umpire didn't give 'no-ball." "Then," said Penny promptly, "he ought to have done."
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