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 which I caught on the bound. I tossed it up, and said, "That 's a hot 'un, Jim!" then chucked it to the bowler. To my surprise, Southerton walked away, and was indignant when long-slip said, "You're not out, Jim!" Pooley whistled to him to return. "Keep quiet, Pooley," I said, "and we'll have the laugh at him." The match was a foregone conclusion, or we should not have carried the joke out; but to his dying day Southerton would not admit that it was other than a genuine catch.

His umpiring powers were rather hazy also. He was umpiring in the Castlemaine match of our Australian tour, when I hit a ball which the fieldsman caught, but fell over the ropes with it. It was four under and five over. "How's that, umpire?" "Not out," said he: "it was out of bounds when he caught it." "Then I must have five runs for it," I said; but he would not allow more than the single we had run, and for the life of him he could not see it must either be out or five runs. I did not say much at the time; for I should not have been surprised if he had changed his mind and given me out. All the same, there were not many better-hearted players than Jimmy Southerton. His best bowling years in first-class cricket were:


 * 1867 || 996 || 361 || 1522 || 112 || 13.66
 * 1868 || 1039 || 328 || 1976 || 151 || 13.13
 * 1869 || 1371 || 505 || 2081 || 133 || 15.86
 * 1870 || 1863 || 696 || 3069 || 210 || 14.129
 * 1871 || 1612 || 636 || 2358 || 151 || 15.93
 * 1872 || 1458 || 487 || 2019 || 167 || 12.15
 * 1873 || 1386 || 671 || 1833 || 132 || 13.117
 * 1874 || 1200 || 583 || 1523 || 127 || 11.126
 * 1875 || 1522 || 737 || 1810 || 137 || 13.29
 * }
 * 1872 || 1458 || 487 || 2019 || 167 || 12.15
 * 1873 || 1386 || 671 || 1833 || 132 || 13.117
 * 1874 || 1200 || 583 || 1523 || 127 || 11.126
 * 1875 || 1522 || 737 || 1810 || 137 || 13.29
 * }
 * 1874 || 1200 || 583 || 1523 || 127 || 11.126
 * 1875 || 1522 || 737 || 1810 || 137 || 13.29
 * }
 * }

Mr. Fred Spofforth was born at Balmain, near Sydney, on the 9th September, 1855. His height is 6 ft. 3 ins.; weight, 12 st. 2 lbs. First-class bowlers have come and gone with the Australian Elevens, but to my mind not one of them has come up