The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-07-17 00:00:00

CORFE MULLEN.

Tits L•ra MATCH BMWS= POOLS •PD CAMP'S
ututir.—ln taking up your paper of the 10th
July my eye caught a paragraph in reformat to a
cricket match that took plain between the Cone
Mullen and Poole. Now there ia an old adage and •
very true one, that on• side of the story ie very good
until the other is heard. Will you allow me through
your valuable 00lOOIDO to contradict many things
mentioned there In the first place, the Pool*
which no one can deny was a juvenile club, with the
understanding of playing • juvenile club or youngsters
as is stated layout paper, but I ODD safely state that
Secondly,
misinformed—they were not youngsters.
they agreed to play at two o'olock but
when the Poole made their appearenos at the time
appointed they were not to be found, bat when told
by them that they would have either to play or
to pay expenses they managed to get • party,
' and now (I my with a blush) conies out the
worst part, and for the mks of truth I most
tell it openly, that instead of youngsters the
utajority were men, and 1 may my withooafideocie
twice the age of their members so as you my they
easily beat. I my that they did not. They are pre-
pared to play th• " Youngeters" anywhere and
anytime and for anything. They have ahead, refused
to play them again. Thirdly" the misooderstanding
that arose was this, they did not intend playing for
the ball and said so before commencing, therefore
they acted in DO way disoourteously towards their
opponents, they did not pitch their stump! until
half past sir, and they allowed them their first
innings so the Poole was playing after (what any
reasonable person would cell) cricket time, but when
the game was over the Corleitee insisted upon having
• ball; but to show their shabby way of bugloss
allow me to my the Pool* asked to look at the ball
that they should have had, it was handed to them,
they submitted it to their umpire who said directly
that it was not a It and proper Ball, but if they bad
last this was their excuse they would have paid them
the money instead of the ball, so it appears that
their motto was play fair and shuffle all the while.
Fourthly, as to the Corfeites boarding their craft as
you my; if such be true what musitthity be doing to
allow a lot of hatters emelt as they, for those that
made the disturbance true what I should call the
roughs—fellows that here been brought up to the
milking stool from their latency and never allowed
to my from it. Ooe I might mention especially a
Hobbidehoy neither am ho an, nor ay who had
regulart. mouth than be had tooling tedispLy it with
greatly wanted to fight., but their club being more
refined, of course refused; but I can say they could
have showed hint • little art of self-defense if they
had chosen, even the smallest in their club, who
meld have sent him off crying, as he is very apt
to do; he was one of this tort, who my hold me
back, or I *ball fight, not meaning to do so, but to
try and frighten tines he mut, but not tee of their
club was at all alarmed a* hint flay, the only One
tiny have to blame for the misendeiretasding, is he
that made meth an ado shoat nothieg ; had they re-
mained quiet, sad asked for a bail, they certainly
would have bad one, or the , rather than
maks any diatarbanoe whateveral contrary
to their agreement. I vouch Incf the troth of the
foregoing statement, for 1 MOM to my tb• thing that
is sot, especially for the sake of a paltry cricket
match; but I base good memo, for concealing nay
name from tbe impertinent and inquiaitive public,
hoping that you will pardon me for the liberty I
have taken, and allow in. to bscribe myself—
FM& PLAY.