Reading this book takes me back to my younger days.
puhekieltä One who is younger than another.
1882, L. H. Apaque, A bakers dozen'' (page 102)
Hugh and Charlie also played fairly well, so perhaps it was not wonderful that James, who had always regarded cricket as a childish waste of time, felt rather at a loss, and did not care to display his inferiority to his youngers.