twenty-five minutes to six
The score was a hundred and twenty when Mike , who had just reached his fifty , skied one to Strachan at cover . The time was twenty-five past five . As Mike reached the pavilion , Adair declared the innings closed . Wrykyn started batting at twenty-five minutes to six , with sixty-nine to make if they wished to make them , and an hour and ten minutes during which to keep up their wickets if they preferred to take things easy and go for a win on the first innings . At first it looked as if they meant to knock off the runs , for Strachan forced the game from the first ball , which was Psmith 's , and which he hit into the pavilion . But , at fifteen , Adair bowled him . And when , two runs later , Psmith got the next man stumped , and finished up his over with a c-and-b , Wrykyn decided that it was not good enough .