There is one I have forgotten, however, and that man is Howell, who must be considered a bowler before a batsman, although he will make a disturbance the bat before he has finished with His hitting in Sydney will never be forgotten by our XI, when we were taking on N.S. W., and T'can see Johnny Briggs' face after I had whispered to him to keep them well outside the off-stump, adding that the left-hander, Howell, was sure to pull the straight ones. Johnny nodded, fas much as to say: You leave him to me," and we did. Well, the first ball, which was rather well up en the middle stump, was dispatched square to leg over the railings amongst the band, and after that one came another in the same direction, and later every corner of the ground was sampled, and Johnny remarked after two overs that it was a fine morning. We were all sorry in a way that Howell just missed a century, which time; and he fight give us a taste of this
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