2. To catch a ball, sit down gracefully and wait.

3. When throwing in from the country, aim half-way up the pitch; you may

then hit one of the wickets--which one I don't know.

_Postscript._

The spirit in which the game should be played is best shown by the

following extract from the _Leicester Daily Mercury_:--

BARROW LADIES _v._ THRUSSINGTON LADIES.

"Barrow went in first, but were dismissed for sixteen. Only three

Thrussington ladies batted, owing to the Barrow team refusing to

field, because the umpire gave Miss Reid in for an appeal for run

out."

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WHAT is the companion game to Parlour Croquet? Cricket on the Hearth.

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