Chapter VIII: "britannia" Games

Scanty Early Records--Practice _v._ Precept--Officers _v._
Cadets--Presumptuous Juniors--A Close Match--Football--
Penalty of Punning--A Decisive Victory--A Demon Bowler--Two
Curious Innings--Sports and Regatta--The Rushworth Seal--The
Editor is Sarcastic--His Feelings are Soured--An Excited
Timekeeper--Why Williams Didn't Win--The Pro's Average--
Teignbridge Victorious and Vanquished--W. G.'s Eleven--Some
Fatherly Advice--The Editor is Appeased--A Close Sculling
Match--Foreign Football Matches--A Dry Cricket Season--The
Editor and the Beagles--Lord Harris's Maxims--The Bold Sir
Bedivel--Big Third Eleven Scores--Seventeen Years' Athletics--
Huddart Shows the Way--The Editor on "Stodge"--A Hot Run for
the "Footmen"--Youthful Boxers--Glasgow to the Rescue--An
Afternoon's Cricket--Splendid Playing Fields--And Plenty of
Cricket--Teignbridge's Small Score--_Britannia_ Wins All
Round--Third Eleven Makes a Record--A Question of Time--Keep
Your Ground Clock Right--Remarkable Results of the
Season--Money Well Spent 190

CHAPTER IX.