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Book Excerpt: kynian, Burgess, Enderby, and Henfrey, had always been sportsmen to him. But it was not the samething. He had meant to do such a lot for Wrykyn cricket this term. Hehad had an entirely new system of coaching in his mind. Now it mightnever be used. He had handed it on in a letter to Strachan, who would becaptain in his place; but probably Strachan would have some scheme ofhis own. There is nobody who could not edit a paper in the ideal way;and there is nobody who has not a theory of his own about cricketcoaching at school.Wrykyn, too, would be weak this year, now that he was no longer there.Strachan was a good, free bat on his day, and, if he survived a fewovers, might make a century in an hour, but he was not to be dependedupon. There was no doubt that Mike's sudden withdrawal meant that Wrykynwould have a bad time that season. And it had been such a wretchedathletic year for the school. The football fifteen had been hopeless, and had lost both the Ripton matches, the return by over sixty poinRead Mo
