CRICKET
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The Badminton Library
OF
SPORTS AND PASTIMES
EDITED BY
HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT, K.G.
ASSISTED BY ALFRED E. T. WATSON
CRICKET
THE BADMINTON LIBRARY.
28 Volumes. Crown 8vo. 10s. 6d. each volume.
- ARCHERY. By C. J. Longman, Col. H. Walrond, &c. 195 Illustrations and 2 Maps.
- ATHLETICS. By Montague Shearman. 51 Illustrations.
- BIG GAME SHOOTING. By C.
Phillipps-Wolley, &c.
- Vol. I.—Africa and America. 77 Illustrations.
- Vol. II.—Europe, Asia, and the Arctic Regions. 73 Illustrations.
- BILLIARDS. By Major W. Broadfoot, R.E. 29 Illustrations and numerous Diagrams.
- COURSING AND FALCONRY. By Harding Cox and the Hon. Gerald Lascelles. 76 Illustrations.
- CRICKET. By A. G. Steel and the Hon. R. H. Lyttelton. 65 Illustrations.
- CYCLING. By the Earl of Albemarle and G. Lacy Hillier. 59 Illustrations.
- DANCING. By Mrs. Lilly Grove, F.R.G.S., &c. 131 Illustrations.
- DRIVING. By the Duke of Beaufort. 65 Illustrations.
- FENCING, BOXING, AND WRESTLING. By Walter H. Pollock, F. C. Grove, C. Prevost, &c. 42 Illustrations.
- FISHING. By H. Cholmondeley-Pennell.
- Vol. I.—Salmon, Trout, and Grayling. 158 Illustrations.
- Vol. II.—Pike and other Coarse Fish. 132 Illustrations.
- GOLF. By Horace Hutchinson, the Right Hon. A. J. Balfour, M.P., &c. 89 Illustrations.
- HUNTING. By the Duke of Beaufort, K.G., and Mowbray Morris. 53 Illustrations.
- MOUNTAINEERING. By C. T. Dent, Sir W. M. Conway, &c. 108 Illustrations.
- POETRY (THE) OF SPORT. Edited by Hedley Peek. 106 Illustrations.
- RACING AND STEEPLECHASING. By the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire, W. G. Craven, &c. 58 Illustrations.
- RIDING AND POLO. By Robert Weir, J. Moray Brown, &c. 59 Illustrations.
- ROWING. By R. P. P. Rowe and C. M. Pitman. With Chapters on Steering, Metropolitan Rowing, and on PUNTING. With 75 Illustrations.
- SEA-FISHING. By John Bickerdyke, W. Senior, Sir H. W. Gore Booth, Bart., and A. C. Harmsworth. 197 Illustrations.
- SHOOTING. By Lord Walsingham and Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey, Bart.
- Vol. I.—Field and Covert. 105 Illustrations.
- Vol. II.—Moor and Marsh. 65 Illustrations.
- SKATING, CURLING, TOBOGGANING, &c. By J. M. Heathcote, C. G. Tebbutt, &c. 284 Illustrations.
- SWIMMING. By Archibald Sinclair and William Henry. 119 Illustrations.
- TENNIS, LAWN TENNIS, RACKETS, AND FIVES. By J. M. and C. G. Heathcote, &c. 79 Illustrations.
- YACHTING. By Lord Brassey, the Earl of Onslow, &c.
- Vol. I.—Cruising, Construction, Racing Rules, &c. 114 Illustrations.
- Vol. II.—Yachting in America and the Colonies, Racing, &c. 195 Illustrations.
LONGMANS, GREEN, & CO. 39 Paternoster Row, London and Bombay.
Cricket
CAUGHT AND BOWLED
CRICKET
BY
A. G. STEEL
AND THE
HON. R. H. LYTTELTON
WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY
A. LANG, W. G. GRACE, R. A. H. MITCHELL, AND F. GALE
WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS AFTER LUCIEN DAVIS
AND FROM PHOTOGRAPHS
Sixth Edition, thoroughly revised
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
AND BOMBAY
1898
All rights reserved
[BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE.]
First Edition, June 1888; Reprinted August 1888, January 1889, September 1890. New Edition, thoroughly revised and with additions, December 1893. New Edition, thoroughly revised and with additions, July 1898.
DEDICATION
TO
H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES.
Badminton: June, 1888.
Having received permission to dedicate these volumes, the Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes, to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, I do so feeling that I am dedicating them to one of the best and keenest sportsmen of our time. I can say, from personal observation, that there is no man who can extricate himself from a bustling and pushing crowd of horsemen, when a fox breaks covert, more dexterously and quickly than His Royal Highness; and that when hounds run hard over a big country, no man can take a line of his own and live with them better. Also, when the wind has been blowing hard, often have I seen His Royal Highness knocking over driven grouse and partridges and high-rocketing pheasants in first-rate workmanlike style. He is held to be a good yachtsman, and as Commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron is looked up to by those who love that pleasant and exhilarating pastime. His encouragement of racing is well known, and his attendance at the University, Public School, and other important Matches testifies to his being, like most English gentlemen, fond of all manly sports. I consider it a great privilege to be allowed to dedicate these volumes to so eminent a sportsman as His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and I do so with sincere feelings of respect and esteem and loyal devotion.
BEAUFORT.
[PREFACE.]
BADMINTON.
PREFACE.
A few lines only are necessary to explain the object with which these volumes are put forth. There is no modern encyclopædia to which the inexperienced man, who seeks guidance in the practice of the various British Sports and Pastimes, can turn for information. Some books there are on Hunting, some on Racing, some on Lawn Tennis, some on Fishing, and so on; but one Library, or succession of volumes, which treats of the Sports and Pastimes indulged in by Englishmen—and women—is wanting. The Badminton Library is offered to supply the want. Of the imperfections which must be found in the execution of such a design we are conscious. Experts often differ. But this we may say, that those who are seeking for knowledge on any of the subjects dealt with will find the results of many years’ experience written by men who are in every case adepts at the Sport or Pastime of which they write. It is to point the way to success to those who are ignorant of the sciences they aspire to master, and who have no friend to help or coach them, that these volumes are written.
To those who have worked hard to place simply and clearly before the reader that which he will find within, the best thanks of the Editor are due. That it has been no slight labour to supervise all that has been written he must acknowledge; but it has been a labour of love, and very much lightened by the courtesy of the Publisher, by the unflinching, indefatigable assistance of the Sub-Editor, and by the intelligent and able arrangement of each subject by the various writers, who are so thoroughly masters of the subjects of which they treat. The reward we all hope to reap is that our work may prove useful to this and future generations.
THE EDITOR.
[CONTENTS.]
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
|---|---|---|
| I. | The History of Cricket By Andrew Lang. | [1] |
| II. | Batting By the Hon. R. H. Lyttelton. | [34] |
| III. | Bowling By A. G. Steel. | [94] |
| IV. | Captaincy By A. G. Steel. | [187] |
| V. | Umpires By A. G. Steel. | [217] |
| VI. | Fielding By the Hon. R. H. Lyttelton. | [245] |
| VII. | Country Cricket By F. Gale. | [280] |
| VIII. | Border Cricket By Andrew Lang. | [292] |
| IX. | How to Score By W. G. Grace. | [299] |
| X. | The Australians By A. G. Steel. | [313] |
| XI. | The University Cricket Match By the Hon. R. H. Lyttelton. | [328] |
| XII. | Gentlemen and Players By the Hon. R. H. Lyttelton | [356] |
| XIII. | The Art of Training young Cricketers By R. A. H. Mitchell. | [375] |
| XIV. | Single Wicket By the Hon. R. H. Lyttelton. | [386] |
| INDEX | [395] |
[ILLUSTRATIONS.]
ILLUSTRATIONS.
(Engraved by J. D. Cooper and R. B. Lodge, after Drawings by Lucien Davis, and Photographs by G. Mitchell, Martin & Tyler, and Medrington & Co.)
FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS.
| ARTIST | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| [Caught and Bowled] | Lucien Davis | Frontispiece | |
| [A Young Cricketer] | From a picture ascribed to Gainsborough, belonging to the M.C.C. | To face p. | 1 |
| [Cricket] | After Hayman’s picture, belonging to M.C.C. | ″ | 12 |
| [Royal Academy Club in Marylebone Fields] | ″ ″ | ″ | 28 |
| [Caught at the Wicket] | Lucien Davis | ″ | 68 |
| [Run Out] | ″ | ″ | 198 |
| [A. E. Stoddart] | From a photograph | ″ | 212 |
| [Country Cricket (Mitcham)] | Lucien Davis | ″ | 280 |
| [M.C.C. and Ground v. Australians, Lord’s, May 22, 1884] | ″ | ″ | 308 |
| [The Critics] | ″ | ″ | 324 |
| [The Interval] | ″ | ″ | 348 |
| [Kennington Oval, 1854] | ″ | 366 | |
| [Our National Game] | Lucien Davis | ″ | 376 |