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Rh labels all over his bat. On one occasion it is related that a scorer in one of the All - England matches spelt "Billy's" name with an i instead of a y; and the error appeared in the local paper after the first day's play."Billy," on seeing this, went to the scorer as soon as he arrived on the ground and told him he had got his name spelt wrong in the book."I don't think so," said the scorer."I tell you, you have,""Billy" retorted, impatiently.

"Well," exclaimed the scorer,"if a haitch and a hi and a hel and a hel and a hi and a he and a har dsn't spell 'IUyer, I don't know what will!" William Martingell was an excellent"fast-medium" bowler, though he used, I thought, to allow rather too much for his leg-break, and was often a good deal punished by such players as George Parr in consequence. He was also a very decent bat against fast bowling, but was generally too eager to hit when playing against slow. He was by birth a Surrey man, but received a salary for residing in Kent, which was the great centre of cricket at that time. "Billy" was a fine judge of the game, and made an excellent coach. A story used to be told of how Martingell once managed to back a loser in a big race. He had an excellent tip about a horse a month or so before the race was to come off, and forthwith put some money on it. A week later he had another tip about another horse, and was also told that a third one would