Iron Hague Fails

An interesting cricket match which we understand was the result of wager was decided Mexboro on Fiday.

“Iron” Hague, the heavy- weight, champion boxer, having backed himself  to defend his wicket against the bowling of a local butcher for hour, the conditions being that the bowler should fetch his own balls.

“Iron” withstood the bowling for exactly 52 minutes before being out to a lob.

But as he afterwards remarked, the other chap had earned it for the running about he had had to do.