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Oamaru Mail, Volume X, Issue 3433, 31 December 1885, Page 4

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In a country cricket msteb a bowler waa"**sesdfwt dowV wSe efier~wlaVaachalleaged, however, .by lbs rustic umpire. At last, however, be delivered a ball which piiefwd at least, a yard oaUide tbe crease, and tbe batsman tamed to the ampin and' said: " Sorely that fa a wide V Tbe amprre, qoite onmoved, removed bfa pipe from bis Kpe, expectoroted, and, said: ''l cerer seed a widerer.' 1 '

A ttcsl omptrw in Korfolk had a partkolar spile against one of the men in the eleven, and open being; appealed to daring a match to decide whether the said man

was eot or not, promptly 1 reptfad "Ootr* wherenpotj the ootstoing batsman sbooted oat: •* JerrU, jer lies! Jervfa eslmly replied : " What if I dew ; yer «at. B When two neigbbotine; viQscrcs were shout to commence ptsy it was ducorered that the visiting t«am bad come without an umpire, co a native was rrquiritioned for the oi&ce, and when, the man who wss going to take first ball said—" I want the middle," tbe lootl celebrity promptly stepped eleven yards down the pitch and stopped, and said triumphantly—" There, I can't give it nearer than that." During tbe innings of a country eleven, their amplm was appealed to as to a catch at tbe wkket, bet to the astonishment of tbe players be deliberately walked vb to the batsman and said—- " WOtiea, wbere did that ball hit you 1» and William, to tbe farther astonishment of tbe oppoaiteside, said " on the hand." I " Then, said the umpire," William, yon ere oat.'* At Gibraltar, ia a match between one of H.M. ships and a regiment stationed there, the fast wicket of tbe ship's eleven waaw. sailor, whose ideas of cricket were limited*. On arriving at the wicket, bavmg seen, others taking gnard, he abend bfa bat also • but on the umpire •ayinft a •* little Store to tbe right," ho kefcsl st bra with estonlshmeot, and said, '* Kb £oa don't, not if I knows if. Yer wants me to get hoat." The maU -r was explained to him, bat ho said, sbooldering.bfa bat, " Ho blooming landlobbers to iqoare yarls for me, more especially a lobster. liko he." (The ompifs was a soldier). '"Ang the gssrd, I say; let's 'ave a eat at tbe ball." An extcaecdinary single-wicket match for Id a-side was played in Yorkshire sou* thirty years ago between two brothers named "Hos" and "Buz." Box west ia first, scored one from a wide, and was bowled, next ball. Then Box took op tbe wondrous tile, sod slter j looking si five wides, tbe next (rail settled j him, sgsin making ream for Has, wool received five balls, that neither touched j

bat nor wicket, aad then wae bowled by I the sixth, ao thai Bos woo (thank* to the widta) by ooe innings and fonr ran* (f). lb* bin daring tbo whole match never ooce bating touched the for. la » match between F<ur Oak. and Bahopa" oke, the but nan, Stone, went ia wbeo eix nma were itill wanted to grte Bttbopatoke the game. Stone, a efamsy aott. of fellow, -wore a large white dock pea-jacket, with large aide* pocket*. "Play,".en«« the • nmpire. Down cornea the ball, rnna op Stono'a bat. andfaQa off into hie capacious pocket. "Boo," caßa bb .partner; and tbe aiz rnna were apcedßy otfuned. The ball turned oot of K*'friendly reaiingfitaee, to the attainment H the fioJder*. ' How'a tint, umpire r cried tbty. " She rone," Mid be. . Chorea Umpire— "Bjgeose the ball'* tost —at least joo cooJcVt find it, which 1 reckon ■boat too tame thing." A local mateb between two wllagea waa being played oo a. field Mm* distance from » bom* orvillage- The pitch waaby no meaae a good one, bat the chief objection wee a aasifaerof treee at no m»t dtatanee from H. The grew* Miter of on* aide anil a ball into roe «f tbete, which, though perfaetry viable, they were unable to cot down. The fielding tide were obliged to awnd their fleateat man to the nearest j Jara-beoae, sad by tbe time he reappeared , withe ladder the belamen bad ron nearly ICO rone. On the ball being displaced, tbe bJUar bad to retire "caoghr."*— Troth.