five o'clock
It 's like a bargain , you understand . '' Bagshaw understood most thoroughly and tried to stop the flow of Mr. Plumb 's conversation , but that excellent captain talked on for another five minutes , until two of our men who knew Bagshaw better than I did , took upon themselves to walk to the wickets . Then Mr. Plumb began to collect his men , which seemed to be a difficult matter , and it was half-past four before we began again . At five o'clock tea was ready and the game was interrupted for so long that we gave up all thoughts of winning it , but I heard afterwards from the parson himself that as a general rule only the batting side had tea and the other XI . had to take their chance of getting some . I believe we should have won that match if Mr. Plumb had captained our side , but the Busters were generally beaten , which possibly accounted for the fact that most of the villages round Oxford said they were a splendid eleven . No team which contained Lambert could help being splendid , but as regards cricket we were the most futile side it is possible to imagine , and Bagshaw , who was a really good sort , was also exactly the right man to captain it .