. "", cricketing reminiscences and personal recollections. got up dangerously onthe dry, crumbling wicket. Again I was in hittingform, and made 52 in the first innings and 72not out in the second. Several interesting episodes were connectedwith our next match, which took place at Castle-niaine. When I was batting I hit a ball high inthe air towards the boundary. The fieldsman, inbringing off a good catch, fell over the ropes,whereupon I appealed to the umpire, who atonce gave me not-out, on the ground that theball was caught out of bounds. An ordinaryboundary hit w^as regarded as four, but
. "", cricketing reminiscences and personal recollections. got up dangerously onthe dry, crumbling wicket. Again I was in hittingform, and made 52 in the first innings and 72not out in the second. Several interesting episodes were connectedwith our next match, which took place at Castle-niaine. When I was batting I hit a ball high inthe air towards the boundary. The fieldsman, inbringing off a good catch, fell over the ropes,whereupon I appealed to the umpire, who atonce gave me not-out, on the ground that theball was caught out of bounds. An ordinaryboundary hit w^as regarded as four, but a hit overthe ropes counted five, and the scorers naturallywanted to know with how many runs they shouldcredit me. To our surprise the umpire refused toallow us more than the single which we had runbefore the ball was caught. As I had a keensuspicion that I ought to have been given out Idid not argue out the point, though I was greatlyamused by the inconsistency of the umpire, whohappened to be our own man. The Australian umpire, not to be outdone, gave an. PHOTO by] E. M. GRACE. [hAWKINS, BRIGHTON. \V. G. GKACE.
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