Rather more than forty years ago what must have been one of the slowest games on record took place between two enthusiastic London sportsmen. A good deal of money changed hands over the event, which may partly account for its slowness and for the publicity given to it. The account of the match is culled from a newspaper of the period. The writer is unmercifully sarcastic. "Owing to the marked want of brilliancy and execution on the part of the two players, the first 500 took six and a quarter hours, at which time Mr. Shee had overtaken and passed his opponent, getting 70 ahead. We only watched the game for one and a half hours, during which period, unfortunately, there was but little scoring. We call to mind, however, one very brilliant break of three off the balls by!Mr. Shee, and a prettily played break of two by Mr. Newsham. The hour of midnight, however, arrived long before the 1,000 was reached, and the conclusion of the match was wisely postponed until the following Saturday, as each player required at least a week's rest and change of air after his exertions. Mr. Newsham ultimately Avon the game by 76 points, his opponent failing in the latter part of the game to make those brilliant breaks we noticed earlier in the match. The match was carefully marked by T. Bailey; the poor fellow was, however, much exhausted."