noon
You know all the rest . '' A lecture half an hour long could not have made more impression . I remembered those two hints , `` Keep cool , and watch the ball , '' as long as I played football , and I would advise every half-back to take them to heart in like manner . At noon the Craven team came down in an omnibus , and had lunch in hall with us , and half an hour later found us all in a straggling procession , making for the scene of conflict in the Great Close . There stood the goals and the boundary-posts , and there was Granger , the ground-keeper , with a brand-new lemon-shaped ball under his arm . `` Look sharp and peel ! '' cried our captain .