by Colin A Tustin (1951-56)
Colin A Tustin (1951-56) writes:
“During the break between lessons schoolyard cricket was played, usually by six players (each side had a bowler and two fieldsmen.
- A school satchel was propped up against the wall for the stumps, and a text book was used as a bat.
- A table tennis ball was used by the bowler who bowled underarm from a distance of about six feet to the batsman who batted in a crouched position.
- A run was scored each time the bat hit the ball and each player batted once in the game.
However, because break wasn’t very long, the game would be spread over a number of lesson breaks before a result was reached!
(Ed. You might like to cross-refer this with the early piece by T E Lawrence from 1904… )