From a letter to The Scotsman:—
"It goes without saying that when recognising a friend in the street one raises one's hat by the hand removed from that friend."
Of course. But it is proper to return the hand immediately after the little ceremony with a few words of thanks.
"For the latter an excuse must be offered in that he was badly hit on the left hip by the previous ball—a yorker—to that which bowled him."—Evening News.
In the over before he had been stunned by a sneak.