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be seen behind the most determined face in the world, the romanante of that emilo.Espacially do we rocall its mingled grimness and playful- noss when in the University match of 1891 the Cambridge eleven was nesecountably failing to get some 10 runs on n perfect wicket: G. F. Berkely was bowling men out whenever he liked. and Cambridge men were not comfortable in their seats, with two wickets to fall, and a run or two, not more, to win. Sammy soon restored confl- Kumar Shri Ranjitsiahji, as all the work dence by his mere look, and settled matters by a knows, is an Indian and learned the rudiments crashing off-drive from the first ball be received. of cricket in India. Yet his main object in That stroke marked the man; he could no more coming over to England, and in entering at have failed to win the match than the thunder Cambridge University was he himself has said fail to follow the lightning. It is signifleant. it-the hope of getting a" bhe "for lawn-tennis! however, that the wan who was them being E have This Day Authorised Mr.Lawn tenuisers may matter “corruptio optimi played an a bowler now represents the Gentle HUNG MAK HOIR," which may be interpreted by the men usa batsman, and that the last mix of thint saddest sight in the world is a good man gone side was D. L. A. Jephson, the Surrey captain and Mr. CHOI PO SIEN

to wrong. Cricketers would hardly endorse this, and batsman. am Woods is not much of a SIGN OUR NAME PER PROCURATION.

however, as Kanjy is one of the few men in the bowlar now-who could bowl with a damaged A CHEE &

Ho sido encased in various banlages -in fact he Hongkong, 16th August, 1001.

world who can say, "I stand alone." certainly does. For years the name of Graes. Is only "pretended to bowl," to use his own was the name to conjurs with: rightly enough words, for some time, but during and immedi- too. E. M. Gruce was the first man to show the ately after his Cambridge days he was the tent world that book cricket was not the only crieket, amateur fast bowler in England, indeed F. S and that genius could override perlauixy. W.G. Jackson and he bowled throughout a whole went a step father, and proved that genius aided Gentlersen a Players match, and won it. As a by system was omnipotent. W.G.showed. shows. Varsity fast bowler, no one ever bad more success, not Lang, or Konny, or Powys, or and may in the future ahow, that this is true, viz., that the power of taking pains. added to Butter, or Evans. His paco was extreme, his natural powers of physique, gives the highest length varied (he did not eschew a full pitch on results Wo cannot compare Ranjitsinhji with to tho hails) and his direction admirable; further Grace: the two do not meet on oqial torins, but he had a good slow ball at his disposal, but wher we are not depreciating Ranjy's powers-he his side went, his bowling went to - Those must forgive the abbreviation-when we express of my readers, however, who never saw Summy the opinion that had he encountered. Freeman, at his_bust_may_take_it_frum me that no one J. C. Shaw, and Martin Masfatyre on a Lord's

was more likely to bowl out a crack bat wicket as it was in the sixties," and had W. G.

before he was set, or after he was not;, and this beou his rich-nia we would have backed Grace's

is his record for the 'Varcity match, 35 więkots ruus against his. Ranjy, we offirm, is a natural for 318 runs, ie., less than nine runs per wicket. genius, but he has the pripalaking power that This is a pretty good-result for innings in so makes the ganins bud and flower. No one bat important a match, and it is also a significant Bunjy ever asked the best bowlers England could

fact thul of the four matches played while Sammy was a "blue," Cambridge won thros produce to come to Cambrid go early and late, in March and October, so as to longthen the season

and had all the best of the longth, which was for him, or spent hours at the acts in developing drawn. Sammy was quite a moderate scorer for or perfecting a single strok. Ranjy indeed is Cambridge, and indeed as long as ho was a to trace what John Roberts is to Kentfield, the billiard champion in the days of oil-lamps and regular and hard-worked bowler, but in 1895 h list cushions, whon 21 points made a game. The well as slashing; in fact the 216, he made critics are of course down on Bunjy; "He is not

that your is still his record score, but Sussex. sound," way they, "because he gets in front of hie wicket so much." Saith Ranjy, "All strokes are dangerous-cat, drive and hook; if I do get Lb.. occasionally, the leg straks gets me rus innnnerable: it pays me as well as other strokes pay other people. Ther let the matter rest; The master bath spoken. Omarure! we should like to warm out of Raujy-the method by which he drives; the ball in bowled, there is a light play of willow in the air, and the ball is at the boundary. That is all. There is 10 jump, plunge and hit: just a theiter of those wonderful wrists, and the ball is off and Raujy has anken mest records, way.

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though we must not forget that sircunstances alter cases. In twenty-five years, wo will tell you. if he is still playing, if he is greater than Grace. Eenjy's greatest feat, to our mind. is to have scored two centuries in one day. Thero are many stories current of him. mostly uutine two of these are, (n) that he was known as Smith," (b) that a hecatomb of slaves was sacri- ficed to celebrate his first century: farther,

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