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Hugh De Sélincourt. The Game of the Season
The Game of the Season
Table of Contents
The Game of the Season
PART I. PREPARATIONS FOR THE GAME
PART II. THE GAME IS PLAYED
Tillingfold Play Wilminghurst
How Our Village Beat the Australians
How Our Village Tried to Play The Australians
Tillingfold v. Grinling Green
His Last Game
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§ 4
§ 5
§ 6
§ 7
§ 8
Ours is the Real Cricket!
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Hugh de Sélincourt
Published by Good Press, 2021
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And there a wise man would have left it, even if he had (which is doubtful) gone so far. But there was an imp of mischief in Gauvinier, whose liveliness Bill’s companion quickened by his relish of the little scene, and the imp of mischief forced him to say:
‘Don’t look so cross, Bill. What about a nice smile, and saying, Thank you, dear Skipper, for taking all this trouble to get me the game on which my little heart was set.’
