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Updated: June 11, 2025
See him stand coolly at the wicket how sure of himself he seems! how indifferent to that imposing combination of bowlers and fielders which surround him! He takes his time to get comfortably settled at his wicket, and kneels down to tighten a shoestring, as if nobody was waiting for him.
He and Raleigh never got on well together, and it was evident the captain was more angry than sympathetic now. "Whatever shall we do for bowlers?" said some one. "I'm awfully sorry," said Loman, wishing he was anywhere but where he was; "but how am I to help?" "Whatever induced you to sprain your wrist?" said Wren. "You might just as well have put it off till Monday."
His proper sphere of action was the tail. If the first pair of bowlers could dismiss five good batsmen, Lorimer's fast, straight deliveries usually accounted for the rest. But there had to be somebody to pave the way for him. He was essentially a change bowler.
When Marsh and Henry met as rival fast bowlers in a match between Queensland and New South Wales, it was proposed to the former that he should be introduced to the Queenslander. "What!" he ejaculated "that myall? No, thank you. It's quite bad enough to meet him on the field. Why, the fellow would want to go in to tea with me. Give him a 'possum."
On the ground there were patches of grey lichen; many of the pillar-like stems were crowned with a red top. Under a small boulder stone there was an ants' nest. These boulders, or, as they are called locally, "bowlers," were scattered about the heath. Many of the lesser stones were spotted with dark dots of lichen, not unlike a toad.
The very dress of the delegates mirrored their businesslike attitude: high silk hats were seldom seen; Lloyd George appeared in the plainest of bowlers and Colonel House in his simple, black felt.
"You promise me that?" "Certainly." "Then tell me, did you notice two men who passed close to us just after we had all met?" "There are so many men to notice," said I to gain time. "But these were not the sort one expects to see here to-day." "Did they wear bowlers and short coats?" "You did notice them!" "Only because I saw you watching them," said I, recalling the whole scene.
However badly it may seem to stand, there is always something up its sleeve. In this case it was a professional, a man indecently devoid of anything in the shape of nerves. He played the bowling with a stolid confidence, amounting almost to contempt, which struck a chill to the hearts of the School bowlers. It did worse.
"Not a bit of it," replied Paul. "The Fifth are safe to win, I tell you." "But they've got no decent bowlers," said Raddleston. "Never mind," said Stephen. "Loman's not going to play for the Sixth. He's sprained his wrist." "Hip, hip, hurrah?" yelled Paul, "that is jolly! They are sure to be licked now. Are you sure he's out of it?" "Yes. Look at him there with his arm in a sling."
He was one of those bowlers who manage to capture from six to ten wickets in the course of a season, and the occasions on which he bowled really well were few. On this occasion he had bowled excellently, and it had annoyed him when five catches, five soft, gentle catches, were missed off him in the course of four overs.
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