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More they like it. Scorning pads and gloves, they "go in" to bat, and
make Herculean
efforts to hit the ball. And this,
with fast bowling and the bumpy nature of the pitch, is a very
difficult thing to
do. They play on, long after sunset,--the darker it gets, and
the more dangerous to life and limb the game becomes, the happier they
are.
We are bound to admit that when we play with them, a good pitch is
generally prepared. It would
be bad policy to endeavour to compete
in the game they play, as we should merely expose ourselves to
ridicule, and one's reputation as the man who has been known "to play
in the papers,"
as they are accustomed to call big county matches, would very soon be
entirely lost. I was much amused a few years ago,