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Rh which was puzzling to a batsman. His pace was terrific, and many were afraid to stand up to him: of course the wickets of those days greatly assisted him. With so low a delivery it would be impossible for a bowler to give much variety to his balls, which would be played with greater ease by a batsman in full practice on present "billiard-table" wickets.

My next match was against the All-England for fourteen of Surrey at the Oval, which was unfinished owing to rain.

The next week I journeyed down to Newark with the All-England to play twenty -two of Newark, who beat us by one wicket. Parr played a fine innings of 56 here out of a total of 92, there not being another double figure made. Here I first encountered the Tinleys—Frank and Cris. Each of them got a fair number of wickets against us. Cris at this period had not taken to lobs, but bowled fast—very fast— round-arm. This match was a most enjoyable one, as we were most hospitably entertained. We went from Newark to Derby, where we had another unfinished game, and where I was top scorer with 28. The following three days we had a North and South match at Leamington, and here I first saw that accomplished player Joe Guy make a large score,—viz., 98 (unfortunately run out). Guy possessed a beautiful style, and was chiefly distinguished for his strong defence. He was a fine bat against fast bowling, but was rather too fast-footed to do justice