Wilson took James's wicket the first ball." Frank Hargate leaped to his feet, and, laying aside for the present all thoughts of his favorite pursuit, started off at a run to the playing field.

His arrival there was greeted with a mingled chorus of welcome and indignation.

Frank Hargate was, next to Thompson the captain of the Town eleven, the best bat among the home boarders.

He played a steady rather than a brilliant game, and was noted as a good sturdy sticker.
Had he been there, Thompson would have put him in at first, in order to break the bowling of the House team.

As it was, misfortunes had come rapidly.