  By Dumb-Crambo, off his own bat. Man showing empty pockets. STUMPED Amorous couple being wattched. CAUGHT OUT Man with empty barrel. RUN OUT Dentist extracting teeth. DRAWING THE STUMPS At the Gentlemen v. Players Return Match. New Yorker. Say, can I get a square meal here? Waiter (with dignity). This, sir, is the Oval 2s. 6d. Luncheon. DRAMATIC DUET Sharp Person (asks, singing). In what hand should a cricketer write? Dull Person (answers, also singing). I don't quite understand. Sharp Person (annoyed). Shall I repeat— Sharper Person (briskly sings). Oh no! I see't, He'll write in a bowl'd round hand.
A Hundred Up Tommy (reading daily paper). What's a centenarian, Bill? Bill (promptly). A cricketer, of course, who makes a hundred runs. Tommy. You don't say so. I thought he was called a centurion. A well-known cricketer was expecting an interesting family event. Suddenly the nurse rushed into his smoking-room. "Well, nurse?" he said, "what is it?" "Two fine byes," announced the nurse. |
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