Word: seconders
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...Second Inning...
Another game was played at East Cambridge, on Saturday, May 24, with the Walthams. As in the case with the previous game, the first inning was very finely played, and the second very loosely. The following is the score...
...scores of the Walthams were 47 and 98. On the Harvard side Sullivan and Lee scored double figures in batting, and Warner, Sullivan, and Wilby did some very fine fielding. On the second inning the Harvards seemed completely disheartened, batting weakly, and allowing the Walthams to score 98, 24 of which were on byes and wides...
Although the result of the second game was a bitter disappointment, it does not seem as if the Cricket Club need feel at all disheartened; for they have shown some remarkably good play, considering their resources and opportunities. Their bowling is very effective before the men become exhausted; their batting is good, and their fielding splendid. The one point in which they fail is in running the wickets. This has at times been fearfully slack and hesitating, and has given them many a needless out. The only way in which this can be remedied is to persuade enough...
...three lower classes each intend to enter a first and second crew. Of the first crews, the Junior has been rowing longest together, and, with the exception of one or two weak-places, seems to pull the strongest of any. There is a visible drag in their boat at times, principally after a long row, which no doubt will not be seen in the race...