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The bowlers found it hard to hit,

The lamp post’s slender stem, What was used by
The broader wicket opposite, ? the players as a
Was cleared at 6:00 p.m. wicket?

It was a keen, determined school,
slender stem
Unorthodox and free;
lamp post
Harsh circumstance oft made the rule,
And not the MCC.

The scorer, seated by the well,
Kept up a fire of talk;

He was both umpires, crowd and all,
And plied a busy chalk.

So, standing musing on the scene,
I let the moments pass;

umpire How well he drove it to the screen,
And then – the crash of glass. Which game was

I watched the players as they ran, ? being played by the
And heard, while yet they fled, children in the poem?
The loud voice of an angry man,

The law’s majestic tread.

– G.D. Martineau

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Word Meaning

pitch

crease

slender

keen

unorthodox

harsh

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