The opponents' score is passed long since, and still no wicket. Ah! there is one at last. Lieutenant Benn is caught, for an innings of 69, thoroughly well played: and the score is 117 for one wicket; very good business! Lieutenant de Burgh, of whom great things are usually expected, is bowled by a shooter from the left hander; Lieutenant Smith is caught for a capital innings of 46; Cadets Sparling and Beal show nice form with the bat, the latter scoring 17; then Dr. Bobardt and the "pro" get together and play out time. The doctor is a left hander, and smites very hard when he gets his opportunity; mid-on has occasion to wring his fingers and inspect them dubiously more than once, testifying mutely to the vigour of the doctor's drives--or, possibly, not mutely; but his remarks are not audible to the gallery. Total, for six wickets, 214; and of course, being a one day match, it was in reality a victory by ten wickets, Dr. Bobardt and Lord taking out their bats for 47 and 20 respectively. And what about the second eleven? They are playing Montpelier School; Lieutenant Chetwode plays with them, as a set off against the master on the other side, who is a very big man and a very keen cricketer. _Britannia_ bats first, and does very creditably: Powell 49, Cull 44, Ling 25, Nicholson 22, and no ducks; "extras" comes out with an unusually long score, 22; total, 221. Towards the end of the innings Montpelier's bowling was very slack, and Cadet Powell displayed good capacity for availing himself of it, repeatedly getting boundaries away to the bank under the trees on the west side; big leg hits, well timed. The School would have come off badly, indeed, without their master, who went in first wicket down and scored 91; no one was able to keep him company very long, and it looked like a certain victory for _Britannia_ when the ninth wicket fell with some time to spare. However, the last two men kept their ends up, and the result was a draw, greatly in _Britannia's_ favour, the School score having only reached 168. The third eleven had a similar experience against King Edward School, but the "morality" of the victory was much more pronounced, _Britannia_ scoring 283 to their opponents' 60 for nine wickets; obviously, a declaration at 200 or so would have been sounder tactics. Cadet Scott scored in this match 104; and he and Cadet Alexander did some remarkable scoring together, actually compiling 103 runs off the first nine overs! An average of over 11 runs an over; rather demoralising for the bowlers! Well, this delightful afternoon is over, all too soon; "time" is called all round, and soon there is a general exodus from the fields, cadets and officers streaming off in groups down the steps, discussing the play in enthusiastic fashion; and so off to the ship, happy and hungry, in spite of the "stodge" in the pavilion.