Campbell later recalled a game, similar to cricket, played by Zulu boys, but with toy assegais in lieu of bats, "The two sides, armed with pointed throwing sticks, formed up on each side of the mark... The bowler... bowled up a huge potato-like root (whose native name I forget) the size of a melon, in a direction parallel to the line of the rival team and about three yards in front of it. The root was an irregular shape and bounced unpredictably while the 'batting side' tried to transfix it by throwing their small assegais at it... If the 'ball' was speared by a throw before passing the last of the file it counted to the batting side, if not, it counted to the 'bowling side.'"