The Public School Matches ~ Paperback ~ A Wykehamist

Excerpt from The Public School Matches: And Those We Meet There If any enthusiastic Wykehamist thinks this little sketch is going forth into the world for the purpose of puffing Winchester, that enthusiastic Wykehamist will find himself mistaken. The only definition of parties will be the "Ins" and the "Outs," and I pledge myself that I will endeavour to record the fluctuations of the noble game without the slightest prejudice, and my great desire is, that the victory shall be so described that any Eton, Harrow, or Winchester man can say, "Don't you remember we won that match, in 18 -, when Longlegs, or Shortlegs (as the case may be), was Captain and if any one claims that match as a description of any particular triumph, the probability is that he will be some years out in his reckoning. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.