The man he asked to undertake this pleasant duty at first declinced thinking it was in jest. However, when he realized Tom was serious, he gave him such hearty applications with the bat as quite satisfied such an enthusiastic cricketer as Tom”
The book also mentions that in about 1890 a Notts player called Sherwin was a very keen singer and his favourite song was ” Hey Dem Golden Slippers” A poster about this song can be found in a pub called ” The Golden Slipper” in York, which I have mentioned before and visited earlier this year.
I cannot recall any punishments with a cricket bat at my school, but others may have done so