Helping Hand
After winning the toss the captain of a lower grade cricket side recently decoided to ask the opposition to bat first. The batting side found runs hard to pick up and it was eventually dismissed for about 90. The captain then proceeded to write down his batting order and it was only then that he realised 12 players had turned up for a game and without anyone noticing it all had fielded.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30055, 13 February 1963, Page 11
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74Helping Hand Press, Volume CII, Issue 30055, 13 February 1963, Page 11
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