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62 odds more than once. These two victories in 1842 and 1843 were largely the work of the famous Alfred Mynn, perhaps the best bowler the Gentlemen have had. Alfred Mynn was a hero—a huge man, a hard hitter, famous in single-wicket matches, a lover of the game, and the idol of Kent. History repeats itself. Mynn was a gentleman farmer, and, like several others of that profession, lost his money, was frequently in debt, and used to go to prison, according to the law of those days. When a great match came to be played, his debts used to be somehow liquidated, and his release generally was timed so that his presence in the match was assured.

In 1846 William Clarke, the famous lob bowler, aged forty-seven, and George Parr, aged twenty, played for the Players, both for the first time. Slow bowlers can bowl to a greater age than fast. At the present day, except W. G. Grace, no cricketer so old as forty-seven plays first-class cricket. Both Clarke and Parr were Nottingham men, and