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Title: Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, August 13, 1887

Author: Various

Editor: Francis Burnand

Release Date: May 7, 2008 [EBook #25361]

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PUNCH,

OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

VOL. 93.

AUGUST 13, 1887.

AT THE OVAL.

SURREY _VERSUS_ NOTTS. AUGUST 1ST, 2ND, AND 3RD 1887.

(_By One of the Fifty Thousand._)

_Enthusiastic Surreyite loquitur_:--

[Illustration: Lo! man!]

[Illustration: Shrews--bery!]

[Illustration: Gunn and Barnes.]

_Hooray!_ Oh, you _must_ let me holloa. I'm one of the famed "Surrey
Crowd,"
And a roar for a win such as _this_ is, can_not_ be too long or too loud.
Won by four wickets! As good as though WALTER had scored half a million,
Great Scott! what a rush from the ring! what a crowd round the crowded
Pavilion!
LOHMANN! MAURICE READ!! SHUTER!!! they shouted. KEY!!! KEY!!! LOHMANN!!!
LOHMANN!!!
"Took down the number" of Notts, Sir, and _she's_ a redoubtable foeman.
_We_ haven't licked her for years, and she crowed, Sir, and not without
reason;
And now, under SHUTER, we've done it at last, Sir, and twice in one
season!
After a terrible tussle; how oft was my heart in my mouth, Sir.
Luck now seemed to lean to the North, and anon would incline to the
South, Sir.
Game wasn't won till 'twas lost. Hooray, though, for Surrey! 'Twas _her_
win.
We missed our WOOD at the wicket, Notts squared it by missing her
SHERWIN,
Both with smashed fingers! Rum luck! But then cricketing luck _is_ a
twister.
And SHERWIN turned up second innings. _Did_ you twig his face when he
missed her,
That ball from J. SHUTER, our Captain? It ranked pretty high among
matches,
But Surrey _did_ make _s