labels all over his bat. On one occasion it is related that a scorer in one of the All - England matches spelt "Billy's" name with an i instead of a y; and the error appeared in the local paper after the first day's play."Billy," on seeing this, went to the scorer as soon as he arrived on the ground and told him he had got his name spelt wrong in the book."I don't think so," said the scorer."I tell you, you have,""Billy" retorted, impatiently.
"Well," exclaimed the scorer,"if a haitch and a hi and a hel and a hel and a hi and a he and a har dsn't spell 'IUyer, I don't know what will!" William Martingell was an excellent"fast-medium" bowler, though he used, I thought, to allow rather too much for his leg-break, and was often a good deal punished by such players as George Parr in consequence. He was also a very decent bat against fast bowling, but was generally too eager to hit when playing against slow. He was by birth a Surrey man, but received a salary for residing in Kent, which was the great centre of cricket at that time. "Billy" was a fine judge of the game, and made an excellent coach. A story used to be told of how Martingell once managed to back a loser in a big race. He had an excellent tip about a horse a month or so before the race was to come off, and forthwith put some money on it. A week later he had another tip about another horse, and was also told that a third one would
