LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Tossing for Innings[Frontispiece]
Cricket as played in the Artillery Ground,London, in 1743To face page[1]
The Royal Academy Club in MaryleboneFields””[2]
A Match in Battersea Fields””[3]
An Exact Representation of the Game ofCricket””[6]
The Game of Cricket””[16]
The Cricket Field near White Conduit House””[17]
The Noble Game of Cricket””[18]
A Match on the Heath””[29]
“Cricket.” After the painting in Vauxhall Garden””[36]
A Ticket for a Cricket Match in 1744””[40]
William and Thomas Earle””[41]
Mr. James Henry Dark””[44]
Mr. Thos. Hunt””[45]
“Block or Play”””[52]
“Forward Play”””[53]
The Draw or Pull””[65]
The Leg Volley””[66]
The Cut””[67]
Eighteenth-Century Bats””[70]
Celebrated Bats””[71]
War-worn Weapons””[72]
Relics of Past Engagements””[73]
George Parr””[74]
N. Felix””[75]
The Bowler (Alfred Mynn)””[79]
William Lillywhite””[84]
John Wisden””[85]
Alfred Mynn””[92]
James Cobbett””[93]
William Lillywhite””[98]
William Clarke, etc.””[99]
Lord’s Ground early in the Nineteenth Century””[106]
One Arm and One Leg Match””[107]
A Match at the Gentlemen’s Club, WhiteConduit House, Islington””[110]
The Kennington Oval in 1849””[117]
The Cricket Field at Rugby””[124]
A Match in the Eighties””[125]
Kent v. Sussex at Brighton””[137]
A Cricket Match (about 1756)””[148]
A Curious County Club Advertisement””[152]
Grand Female Cricket Match””[153]
The Batsman (Fuller Pilch)””[156]
An Old “Play” Bill””[174]
Rural Sports””[182]
The Cricket Ground at Darnall, near Sheffield””[190]
The Earl of March””[193]
Mr. J. H. Dark, Hillyer, The Umpire Martingell””[200]
Fuller Pilch””[201]
Portrait of a Youth””[208]
William Doorinton””[209]
George Parr””[214]
Thomas Box””[222]
Dr. W. G. Grace””[228]
Youth with a Cricket Bat””[236]
An Eleven of Miss Wickets””[248]
The Honourable Spencer Ponsonby””[260]
A Cricket Song””[272]
A Lyric of the Cricket Field””[273]
Salvadore House, Tooting, Surrey””[298]
Cricket Ground, Todmorden””[299]
Cricket at Rugby in 1837””[304]
Cambridge University Students playing Cricket, 1842””[305]
The Corinthians at Lord’s in 1822””[320]
A Match in 1805””[328]
Miss Wicket and Miss Trigger””[344]
A Country-House Cricket Match””[352]
A Village Match in 1768””[361]
“‘Out,’ so don’t fatigue yourself, I beg, Sir!”””[370]
A Cricketer””[371]
Village Cricket in 1832””[374]
Cricket at Hampton Wick””[375]
An Eighteenth-Century Caricature””[381]
A Parliamentary Match””[386]
A Match at Igloolie between H.M. Ships Fury and Hecla””[392]
A State Match””[398]
The Soldier’s Widow or Schoolboys’ Collection””[402]
Old Charlton Church and Manor House””[415]
Cricket’s Peaceful Weapons””[432]
At the End of the Innings (William Beldham)””[433]
From a Painting byFrancis Hayman, R.A.

CRICKET, AS PLAYED IN THE ARTILLERY GROUND, LONDON, IN 1743.