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[Illustration]
AT THE ETON AND HARROW MATCH.--_Simperton._ What, you in light blue,
Miss Gloriosa! I thought you were Harrovian to the core!
_Miss Gloriosa._ So I am, but I'm also Cambridge, and as I can't
possibly afford two new dresses in one week, I decided to choose the
most becoming colour!
[_And_ SIMPERTON _of the dark blue was quite satisfied with the
explanation_.
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"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!
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[Illustration: "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!"]
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[Illustration: "'Collapse of Essex.' Dear, dear! I wonder if my property
at Ilford is safe?"
[_Buys paper to see._
]
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CRICKETER'S FAVOURITE FISH.--Slips.
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THE COUP DE GRACE.--Leg hit for six.
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RIDDLE MADE "ON THE GROUND."--Why are cricket matches like the backs of
cheap chairs? Because they're "fixed to come off".
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SEASONABLE FIELD SPORT.--Leather-hunting.
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[Illustration: PREHISTORIC PEEPS. (_A cricket match._) "How's that,
umpire?"]
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