Skipper D. W. Leach Shows the Winning Way to the Non-Benders: the Rabbits Out-Run HEN the smoke and flame had died away from the opening cricket matches in the knock-out competition yesterday, it was seen that the Cricket Club had ignominiously routed their ancient rivals from the Recreation Club by two outright victories, but the latter had retired from the field of battle conscious of having maintained their sporting tradition in that they played with short numbers, and brought to bear in their ranks several of the "old guard" who maintained the ancient and honourable traditions in fitting style.
On the Cricket Club ground, the Club's Non-Benders, under the leadership of none other than the "Skipper," won a narrow victory from the Recs' "Jong-Dors," both teams including in their numbers representations of "Jong-Dors" if the true meaning of the word may be given in parlance as guided by those "Shanghai-Boys" who have in days gobo by made much of this sacred
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