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R.A. ALDERSHOT CRICKET, 1896. 
Batting Averages. 
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W.L. Foster ... Si the By we 12 i 120* 429 39-0 
Major Flint .. ae wae oe Be Ay 9 2 101* 172 24° 6 
W. Jd. Elwes _ ooo ane bo0 a ae 14 10) 102 334 23°8 
C. E. Budworth ... ae Pot ba pad 15 1 55 315 22°5 
F. H. G. Stanton id 54 Bh ues 7 0 42 1658 22°5 
Bombardier Ashdown of hy es tee UP 3 90 202 22:4. 
E. Radcliffe ate og ee 5 1 36* 85 21°2 
Major Tilden 8 1 67* 79 15.8 
B. Vincent As as eet oth re 5 E 32 63 16:7 
C. C. Barnes ne ae a Ee Ae 8 0 40 8L 10°5 
E.L. Wheeler ... “8 ice en 6 2 18 33 8:2 
Major V. Hughes ... 6 0 23 44 7:3 
R. MacMillan |... 6 0 9 15 2°5 
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Bowling. 
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Names. Overs. | Mads. Runs. Wkts. |Averages. 
C. E. Budworth a5 nah ino oan 234, 45 715 Git abee/ 
E. Riddell . ee: Me ee A ae 53 10 189 10 18-9 
W.L. Foster. 600 ae an Re ee 85 10 828 14 22°0 
Bombardier Ashdown Ge ee 5c a 100 9 368 11655 216 
F. H. G. Stanton me a ato a 89 19 296 11 26°9 
LEIDH FORT. 
Tue Czar of Russia’s arrival at Leith on the 22nd September brought the fort 
into unusual prominence and turned it into a regular place d’armes for the time 
being, giving its little garrison—the 39th Company, Southern Division, R.A.—a 
good deal of extra work and distraction. 
The Czar’s escort, consisting of eight officers and 140 men and horses of the 
Scots Greys who had come all the way from Hounslow for the occasion, were 
quartered in the fort for five days. With a good deal of doubling up, accom- 
modation was provided for all; a bed being found for each officer and man and a 
stall for each horse, within the fort which, having once been a Horse Artillery 
station, fortunately contained a number of old troop stables. 
It was a pretty sight on a fine morning, the Greys marching into the fort, 
headed by their own band and that of fthe Inniskilling Dragoons ; and on their 
marching out five days later we were sorry to say good-bye to them, All 
