🦆 The Duck Pond

Two fixtures were played across the period under review, and the eleven, whatever else may be said of their form with the willow, cannot be charged with any offence against the timbers. Not a single cipher was returned to the pavilion, and the honours board of the exclusive zero club records no new admissions. Whether this reflects a sudden and uncharacteristic soundness of technique, or merely that the bowling of the opposition was insufficiently searching to trouble our men, the correspondent shall not presume to say. The art of not scoring, so carefully cultivated in seasons past, appears this week to have been quite set aside in favour of the more conventional art of scoring runs. Duck Hunting Season Leaderboard The season's standings remain as they were, no name having been added nor any tally advanced this week. The board records no runners at present — a state of affairs the correspondent trusts will prove temporary, for a leaderboard without contestants is a dull thing indeed, and the club's honour depends upon its members' continued application to the task. Looking Ahead Members are reminded that fortune at the crease is a fickle mistress, and the eleven's next fixture may yet furnish material for these columns. The correspondent shall maintain his vigil at the scorer's table and report faithfully on any gentleman unfortunate enough to depart before troubling it. Until then, this gazette closes with the ducks, for once, having evaded capture entirely.