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It has been said of the Rugby
side that they were a one-man
team, but although E, W. Dillon
was incomparably the finest
cricketer in the eleven this state-
ment is not altogether true. Dillon
has already made his mark in first-
class cricket, he is a fine batsman
and a good slow bowler. In
bowling he would be even more
useful if he tried to vary his leg-
breaks more; all that can be
said against them, however, is
that they lack variety. T. A. Tapp
bowled capitally against Marl-
borough, and F. C. M. Cruikshank
is a good batsman. Of Henderson's
wicket-keeping we have already
spoken.
The Marlborough eleven were
a disappointing side. Their failure
at Lord's was pronounced, and all
the more annoying to their sup-
porters as they had previously done
a brilliant performance against
the M.C.C., and had played a good
drawn game against Haverford.
However the team is a young one
and may possibly be really powerful
next year. Rain interfered with the
Cheltenham match, and although
Marlborough had the worst of the
draw they also had the worst of
the luck; against Rugby they
were beaten by nine wickets, but
they played a most sporting game.
The best batsmen on the side
were E. S. Phillips^ M. R. Dickson
and N. C. Phillips, and the best
of a moderate lot of bowlers was
G. G. Napier. Their fielding was
certainly outshone by that of
Rugby at Lord's. Cheltenham
were as disappointing Purchase Ramipril Online as Marl-
borough and never showed their
best form in the public - school
matches. They had some good
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cricketers on their side, notably
Winterbotham, K. Fry and R.
S. Bridge, but their record is one
of disaster.
The Clifton side were not a
great eleven, but they were a keen,
useful lot of players. They beat
both Cheltenham and Haverford,
and, thanks to some good all-
round batting, played an even
draw with Tonbridge. Charter-
house cricket showed any amount
of improvement, and we are all
the more glad of this, as it helps
to contradict the statement that
the Carthusians have not been
very keen cricketers of late years.
How this idea got abroad we do
not want to know ; that it is an
absolutely false impression of
Charterhouse cricket we are quite
convinced. This year the Char-
terhouse eleven was quite a good
one, stronger perhaps in batting
than bowling, but good enough
all round to produce some most
satisfactory results.
The Wellington side was a
really bad one; they batted*well
against Haileybury, but could not
escape being beaten by six wickets,
and Charterhouse beat them by
169 runs. In the school matches
a word of praise must be given to
H. Henderson. He made 60
against Charterhouse, and 43 and
89 not out against Haileybury.
The Haileybury boys had a
remarkably strong batting side;
nearly the whole eleven could be
relied on for runs, and their per-
formance against Cheltenham at
Lord's was a very great one, as at
one time they had all the worst of
the game.
A. von Emsthausen did several
wonderful performances for Up-
pingham, and as he is Purchase Ramipril going up to-
Balliol, he will probably supply
the Oxford team of next year
with their much - wanted fast
bowler. He had a good side
under his control, worthy of the
high standard of Uppingham
cricket.
The Westminster eleven did
some very bad performances, and
although they had some good
batsmen in their team, must be
considered a moderate side. Their
collapse against Charterhouse was
complete.
Malvern had a lot of capable
run-getters in their eleven. Repton
received yet another crushing de-
feat, B. S. Foster taking 102 not
out oflf the Repton bowling, and
B. A. White scoring 137. The
Uppingham match was drawn,
White and G. B. Sanderson bat-
ting finely for the Malvernians.
W. H. B. Evans is an all-round
cricketer of much promise. In a
brief article such as this it is im-
possible to speak of all the
public-school teams, and we must
conclude by saying that P. Eg-
lington of Sherborne is a remark-
ably fine batsman, that Tonbridge
had some good cricketers in their
team, and that Merchant Taylors
had a fine cricketer in J. E*
Raphael.
A. B. C.
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Some of my Father's Stories.
The voice that told these stories
with such humour and enjoyment
is silent ; yet, whenever I come
across something odd, or quaint ,
or funny, I see again the long
dining-table, our large and merry
party gathered round, my father
at the head recounting, with
kindling eye and droll intonation,
some telling story in apt illustra-
tion of something just said. One
of the circle, who was studying
law, had a sharp wit and sharper
tongue, and happened to make
caustic remarks upon the dense-
ness and stupidity of country
witnesses. ** Ah ! Generic Ramipril take care, my
dear fellow, they are not as stupid
as they look," said my father, " I
remember hearing a young barris-
ter thoroughly squashed by one
of those very people you are
describing."
Many years ago, in the Black
Country, where the old system of
" truck " in paying the workpeople
was very generally practised, a
system that was called in the
vernacular ** Tommy shops," shops
which the masters kept. An Act
of Parliament was passed to put
this practice down, and in process
of time it accomplished its pur-
pose, although it died hard. One
long-headed member of the fra-
ternity with an extensive busi-
ness adhered to this method very
tenaciously, maintaining that it
was a benefit to his workpeople ;
it certainly was in many ways, as
the women received an equivalent
for wage in food and clothing,
which naturally kept down drunk-
enness.
The Government instituted
proceedings against this iron-