Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 14, No. 3. April 5, 1951

Baseless?

Baseless?

In between the odd occasional tilt at the ball by the batsmen at the recent test a woman was heard painstakingly explaining to her 10-yearold daughter the more elementary points of cricket, commencing with, "That is the batsman with the stick, dear, and the man with the ball up the other end is the bowler." Then came the devastatingly innocent query:

"And is there any free base, mummy?"

Collapse of senior cricketer nearby.