I should have been rather glad if something had, for the sake of fighting the thing out.

It's enough to make some fellows loathe the very name of cricket, isn't it ?" "Some of the fellows who can't play don't like it, certainly." "I don't blame them.

If only a few of them would stand out, they'd soon break down the system.

But I'm keeping you from your work, old man; you'll think me as bad as the rule.

They say you'll have a jolly hard fight for your exam, so you're right to waste no time." The result of this conservation was that Sherriff, one of the steadiest second-rate bats in the house, was absent from the practice, and a hue- and-cry was made after him.