CRICKET HITS
Reading edition
By Dumb-Crambo, off his own bat.
STUMPED
CAUGHT OUT
RUN OUT
DRAWING THE STUMPS
At the Gentlemen v. Players Return Match.
New Yorker. Say, can I get a square meal here?
Waiter (with dignity). This, sir, is the Oval 2s. 6d. Luncheon.
DRAMATIC DUET
Sharp Person (asks, singing). In what hand should a cricketer write?
Dull Person (answers, also singing). I don't quite understand.
Sharp Person (annoyed). Shall I repeat—
Sharper Person (briskly sings). Oh no! I see't, He'll write in a bowl'd round hand.
[Exit Sharp Person L.H. Sharper Person dances off R.H. Dull Person is left thinking.
A Hundred Up
Tommy (reading daily paper). What's a centenarian, Bill?
Bill (promptly). A cricketer, of course, who makes a hundred runs.
Tommy. You don't say so. I thought he was called a centurion.
A well-known cricketer was expecting an interesting family event. Suddenly the nurse rushed into his smoking-room. "Well, nurse?" he said, "what is it?" "Two fine byes," announced the nurse.