The Super Ball incident

One day in the late spring it was hot and raining. Flt Lt Tucker declared that the physical training class would be conducted in the basement of the school where we would play cricket. The room was thirty feet loog by 15 wide and the ceiling was seven feet high. It was solid concrete and the lights were recessed in the ceiling and cover with thick unbreakable glass. Walls floor and ceiling were all smooth. The wicket was wooden affairs held together by a bolt through three blocks of wood each supporting a wicket. The bowler would use a rubber ball not a regular cricket ball. The ball was dark blue and exactly the same size as the Wamo super ball. I substituted the super ball for the regular ball unbeknownst to all concerned. Tucker elected to be the batter. The Scottish student threw the ball fast and Tucker made a solid hit. The ball streaked across the room hitting ceiling wall floor at high speed. Chaos ensued as everyone ran about to avoid being hit by the high speed projectile In the center of this chaos was Tucker in his RAF uniform with short pants, high socks with a red ribbon at the top leaning on the cricket bat, stroking his mustache while he watched. All the time he kept saying “Capital! Positively Capital!”. The game of cricket was abandoned in exchange for this new form of dodge ball.