The newcomer was a tough customer, and should certainly have gone in first.

For he was one of those aggravating batsmen who keep a steady bat at everything, who never aspire to a slog, never walk out to a slow, never step back to a yorker, are never too soon for a lob, or too late for a shooter--in fact, who play the safe plodding game in the face of all temptation.
The one comfort was, he did not make many runs.

Still, this sort of business is demoralising for bowlers and slow for the field, and a change of bowlers was consequently decided upon after about half an hour's play, when the score was at twenty-one.
Game and Porter were the two new hands, the latter being the first to officiate with a very neat maiden over, loudly cheered from the school tent.

Game who followed, was not so fortunate.

The Rockshire man who had gone in first cut him hard for three on his second ball--the first hard hit of the match.