Lost balls

THREE lost balls in one round is, to be sure, very far from constituting a record. That belongs, I believe, to two distinguished Somersetshire cricketers who came to play [golf] at Woking a good many years ago, when the heather encroached more closely on the fairway than it does now, and was of a highly tangled and obdurate nature. The two cricketers purchased between them a box of brandnew balls before beginning the round, but were, nevertheless, unable to complete it. After playing 13 holes the box was empty, and they had to return to the club-house for a new store of ammunition.’ (April 27, 1912)