fication of seeing it curl in and hit the off stump. "A little over-confident, were you not, Tom?" we shouted as he left the wicket; but he took no notice of our remarks. Quite a storm of voices greeted him as reached the pavilion: "What was the matter, Tom?" "Don't Tom me!" he replied. "Well, Emmett, then." "Don't Emmett me!" "Would you like to be called Mr. Emmett?" "Look you," he said, "call me a fool, for I feel like one!"
There was no brighter spirit in the field, and there was none more willing. He worked heart and soul in every department of the game, and was always ready to do a spell of fielding to oblige anyone. He had a bumper benefit in the Yorkshire v. Gloucestershire match at Sheffield in 1878, and every player in both elevens worked with a will to testify to the merits of one of the ablest and best-hearted cricketers that ever played. His best bowling years were:
| Overs. | Maidens. | Runs. | Wickets. | Average. | |
| 1867 | 166 | 69 | 236 | 40 | 5.36 |
| 1868 | 407 | 205 | 529 | 59 | 8.57 |
| 1869 | 558 | 285 | 721 | 59 | 12.13 |
| 1870 | 437 | 177 | 753 | 55 | 13.38 |
| 1874 | 856 | 308 | 1171 | 99 | 11.82 |
| 1877 | 617 | 260 | 1004 | 72 | 13.68 |
| 1878 | 982 | 464 | 1278 | 112 | 11.46 |
| 1879 | 435 | 161 | 566 | 54 | 10.26 |
| 1882 | 730 | 350 | 1044 | 95 | 10.94 |
| 1884 | 1031 | 557 | 1250 | 107 | 11.73 |
| 1886 | 1339 | 677 | 1675 | 132 | 12.91 |
Mr. John James Ferris was born at Sydney on the 21st of May, 1867. His height is 5 ft. 8 ins.; weight, 11 st. 3 lbs. He may be safely considered the best left-hand bowler that has ever come from Australia; the only one likely to question his right to it being Mr. Frank Allan, who accompanied the first team in 1878. Ferris bowls medium-pace, keeps a splendid length, and as a
