Transcriber’s Note:
This book was published in 1897.
Some cricketers in the book have the same names as well-known cricketers of the time period.
The original hard copy version of this book has advertisements at the end, some of which are now illegible due to wear, and these advertisements are not included in this version.
Punctuation has been made consistent.
Variations in spelling and hyphenation were retained as they appear in the original publication, except that obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
The following change was made:
[p. 187]: MacDonald changed to MacDonnell (the MacDonnell Ranges)