"FOLLOW ON!"
(A Cricketer's "Catch" Air—"Come Follow!")
First Voice. Come follow, follow, follow, follow, follow, follow on!
Second Voice. Why then should I follow, follow, follow, why then must I follow, follow on?
Third Voice. When you're eighty runs or more behind our score you follow on!
"Train up your Parents the Way they Should Go."
—"You know papa has been asked to play in the 'Fathers against the Boys' match?" "Yes, mother. But I hope the boys will win this year. If the fathers win again they'll be so beastly cocky!"
"'Collapse of Essex.' Dear, dear! I wonder if my property at Ilford is safe?"
[Buys paper to see.
Cricketer's Favourite Fish.—Slips.
The Coup de Grace.—Leg hit for six.
Riddle made "On the Ground."—Why are cricket matches like the backs of cheap chairs? Because they're "fixed to come off".
Seasonable Field Sport.—Leather-hunting.
Prehistoric Peeps. (A cricket match.) "How's that, umpire?"