CHAPTER XII 



MARRIAGE TO LADY YARBOROUGH 



After leaving Cambridge, where he played in the University 

 Eleven in 1 866-1 867, and 1868, and distinguished himself by 

 his sound all-round play both in the field and at the wicket, my 

 brother still devoted a good deal of his spare time to cricket, 

 and playing for the Jockeys against the Press at Brighton 

 he carried out his bat for 138. In those days such scoring 

 was considered a far more extraordinary feat than now, when 

 centuries seem rather the rule than the exception. At the 

 same watering-place he scored 134 for the Quidnuncs, against 

 Bullingdon. 



As a member of the I Zingari, he went over several years 

 running to Ireland with an eleven captained by his old friend 

 Sir Chandos Leigh, when they played against the Na-Shula 

 Club — the Irish Zingari — and every other club of note in 

 Ireland. On these occasions " Bay " Middleton generally 

 made one of the party. 



It is recorded that one year he made over a century for 

 I Zingari when they played twenty-two of South Ireland at 

 the Curragh. Then for the same Club, playing the Viceregal 

 Lodge in Phcenix Park, Dublin, he scored 109 ; and over a 

 century when the eleven played against Newbridge. 



These are a few records of the many cricket matches in 

 which my brother not only made big scores, but showed his 



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