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No ball sliding off the bat, could pass Dunc Robertson, and as for byes they were impossible with Speug as long-stop, for those were the days when there were long-stops.
I'm a human being, not a target. Besides, long-stop will lose interest in the game if he has nothing to do." "They don't have long-stops in first-class cricket," grumbled the Doctor. "You've got no proper pride." Then I said: "Of course, if you are mistaking this display for first-class cricket, it's no good arguing with you."
Even in good second-class cricket there were no more long-stops. We soon found plenty of good wicket-keeps like Alfred Lyttelton and MacGregor but it was Blackham who showed us how. To see Spofforth, all india-rubber and ginger, at one end bowling, and Blackham, with his black beard over the bails waiting for the ball at the other end, was worth living for, I can tell you."
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