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Updated: June 14, 2025
"What's the matter with 'em?" I was beginning to grow enthusiastic. "Look here, Wallis," I said, "this chap's going to break records." Wallis was still doubtful. He was convinced before the innings was over. There must be many who remember the startling poster that heralded the early editions of the evening papers: SURREY
Any sort of a game. An innings for a Kindergarten v. the Second Eleven of a Home of Rest for Centenarians would have soothed him. There were times, when the sun shone, and he caught sight of white flannels on a green ground, and heard the "plonk" of bat striking ball, when he felt like rushing to Adair and shouting, "I will be good.
and reference to the score-sheet, which is still preserved among the records of the County Club, shows that six of the seven wickets were clean bowled. The Eleven had no second innings; the match was drawn, owing to rain. Stott has told me that the Eleven had to bat on a dry wicket, but after making all allowances, the performance was certainly remarkable.
So the first inning closed without score. Gardiner had found that Gridley was "good," and the latter realized that even young Prescott's pitching could not do it all. The first five innings went off quickly, neither side scoring. "It'll be a tie at dark," sighed some of the fans. "Oh, well, a tie doesn't score against Gridley," others added, consolingly.
The bases are marked on the circumference of a circle, at equal distances apart. After sides are chosen and it is decided which shall have first innings, the Outs take to the field and the Ins post themselves at the bases, one base for each. One of the Outs throws the cat to the nearest man at base. If he makes a strike then all the boys on base change places, for safety's sake taking the nearest.
But we heeded it not; we even enjoyed it, for were not we to have our innings next? It seemed as if morning school would never end. At last a fluttering at our hearts, more convincing even than the clock, told us the hour was come. We rose from our seats. The rebellion at Stonebridge House had begun. The Henniker marched with stately tread from the room, and up the stairs to her own apartment.
Gratton began an incoherent pleading, arrested impatiently by Brodie's great voice. "Shut up! You've had your innings; it's mine now. You swiped grub when it's the same thing as slitting a man's gullet. You let another man be killed for what you done. Now you get yours!" He jerked up his rifle. Benny and the Italian let Gratton go and jumped nimbly aside.
Frank had not intended when he left England to go about the country in a bath-chair with a groggy front-wheel. For a moment he hesitated. A wild fear struck him of what the Uppingham captain that dangerous bat whose innings his brilliant catch had cut short might say and think if he saw the vehicle. But the Uppingham captain was not likely to be in Rosnacree.
He played forward very tamely at everything, until a ball suddenly got up and skinned two of his knuckles. Then he grew excited, and began hitting very hard, and making runs at a tremendous pace. Meanwhile the Doctor, finding his wicket still intact, suddenly became enthusiastic and took extraordinary interest in his innings.
"You damned murderous swine!" I heard in a repressed, savage undertone. "The knife failed, so now the cord has an innings! Go after your pal!" Releasing one hand from the neck of the limp figure, the speaker grasped the Chinaman by his loose, smock-like garment, swung him back, once a mighty swing and hurled him far out into the river as one might hurl a sack of rubbish!
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