Cricket - A. G. Steel; R. H. Lyttelton

[INDEX]

Amateur, M. C. C. definition of an, [356]
Australians, the, [74], [88], [188], [189], [207], [215], [258], [259], [273], [276], [285];
first matches with English teams in Australia, [313], [322];
first match in England, [314];
character of Gregory’s eleven, [314];
stimulating effect of rivalry on English cricket, [315];
doings, of Murdoch’s teams in 1880, 1882, and 1884, [315–318];
visit of Scott’s eleven in 1886, [318];
McDonnell’s 1888 team, [319];
Murdoch again captain in 1890, [320];
the eighth team (1893), [321];
Trott’s eleven (1896), [321];
Giffen, [322];
leading batting and bowling averages in test matches with England, [324], [325];
Spofforth, [325];
reasons for excellence of their bowling, [326];
cup contests, [326]
Authorities and literature cited:—
Ancient Cities of the New World (De Charnay’s), [2];
A Pleasant Grove of New Fancies, [3];
Bell’s Life, [274];
Bentley’s Cricket Scores, [25];
Brand’s Popular Antiquities, [3], [4];
Byron, [10];
Chapman’s Odyssey, [2], [3];
Chesterfield, Lord, [9];
Clarke, Charles Cowden, [17];
Constitution Book of Guildford, [6], [7];
Contes du Roi Gambrinus, [6];
Cotgrave’s French and English Dictionary, [5], [6];
Cowper, [10];
Durfey’s Pills to purge Melancholy, [3];
English Game of Cricket (Box’s), [11];
Evans, Arthur, [1];
Florio’s Italian Dictionary, [6];
Gentleman’s Magazine, [11];
Gray, [9];
Grimston, Hon. Robert, [39], [364];
Herrick’s Hesperides, [3];
History of Guildford, [6];
Huddesford’s Salmagundi, [10];
Huddesford’s Wiccamical Chaplet, [10];
Jamieson’s Scotch Dictionary, [4];
Jerks in from Short-leg (Fitzgerald’s), [28], [263], [267];
Johnson, Dr., [3], [9];
Juvenile Sports, [27];
Knight, [22];
Life of the Scotch Rogue, [4];
Lillywhite’s Annual, [245];
Lillywhite’s Scores and Biographies, [28], [35], [358];
Lincoln, Bishop of, [26];
Longman’s Magazine, [153], [154];
Love’s Cricket, [12], [15];
Lyttelton, Hon. E., [245];
Mitford’s Our Village, [283];
Murray’s English Dictionary, [5];
Nyren’s Cricketer’s Guide, [12], [16], [19], [21], [25], [388];
Pinder, George, [252];
Piozzi, Mrs., [1];
Pope, [9], [31];
Proctor, R. A., [153];
Prowse, [297];
Punch, [31];
Pycroft’s Cricket Field, [12], [23], [25], [43], [155], [156], [359];
Rambler, [5];
St. Andrews, Bishop of, [12], [23], [26], [329];
Scott, Sir Walter, [294];
Skeat’s Etymological Dictionary, [5];
Sketches of the Players (Denison’s), [21];
the Sporting Magazine, [21];
Strutt’s Sports and Pastimes, [3–5];
Teonge, Henry, [8];
Todd’s Johnson, [5];
Tom and Jerry, [281];
Walker, John, [277];
Walpole, Horace, [9];
Ward, Rev. Arthur, [313];
Zola’s Germinal, [6]
Balls, [195]
Barre, tennis-player, [246]
Base-ball, [2], [3], [153]
Bats, [36], [41], [42]
[Batsmen], past and present, amateur and professional:—
Abel, [69], [74], [100], [215], [321]
Absalom, C. A., [91]
Aislabie, [28]
Almond, H. H., [32]
Anderson, [370]
Ash, E. P., [40]
Aylward, [16], [24], [389]
Bagge, T. E., [370]
Baldwin, [100]
Balfour, Leslie, [32]
Bannerman, A. C., [145], [316], [317], [321]
Bannerman, C., [170], [313], [315]
Barlow, R. G., [90]
Barnes, [68], [358]
Bates, [358], [373]
Beagley, [36], [359], [360]
Beauclerk, Lord F., [20], [23], [24], [36], [359], [360], [389], [390]
Beldham, William, [20], [23–25], [35], [36], [389]
Bennett, [389]
Bentley, [36]
Bligh, Hon. Ivo, [32], [170], [241], [273]
Board, [38]
Bonnor, G. J., [74], [77], [86], [148], [207], [316], [317]
Briggs, [88], [357], [358]
Broadbridge, James, [36], [390]
Brockwell, [321]
Brown, Charley, [392]
Brown, G., [390]
Bruce, W., [179], [318], [321]
Bryan, [15]
Buchanan, [356]
Budd, [20], [36], [359], [360], [390]
Buller, C. F., [37], [49], [212]
Burbidge, [37]
Burgoyne, [68]
Burn, [320]
Cæsar, Julius, [37]
Caffyn, [37], [365]
Carpenter, [37], [39], [40], [54], [64], [366], [369], [370], [392]
Chalmers, [32]
Champain, [38]
Charlton, [320]
Chatterton, [392]
Cheyne, Arthur, [32]
Cobham, Lord, [64], [355]
Cooper, [37]
Daft, Richard, [37], [38], [39], [40], [67], [100], [358], [369], [370]
Dakin, [392]
Dalkeith, Lord, [295]
Darling, [179], [322], [323]
Dearman, James, [391]
Dickens, Major, [32]
Donnan, [69], [322]
Douglas, John, [295]
Drake, [369]
Druce, [323]
Emmett, [310]
Evans, A. H., [240]
Evans, E., [318]
Felix, [36], [37], [359], [362], [392]
Fennex, William, [25], [36], [389]
Flowers, [373]
Ford, F. G. J., [53], [56], [73], [86], [179]
Forman, William, [297]
Freemantle, [21]
Fryer, F. E. R., [43]
Fuller Pilch, [17], [25], [26], [36], [43], [49], [79], [156], [363], [365], [386], [391]
Giffen, G., [74], [148], [207], [316], [317], [321], [322], [324]
Golden, [389]
Grace, E. M., [51], [278]
Grace, G. F., [301], [373]
Grace, W. G., [36], [37], [38], [40], [43], [44], [52], [54], [56], [58], [64–66], [73], [81], [85], [86], [90], [97], [98], [117], [130], [148], [164], [183], [196], [212], [213], [214], [216], [254], [262], [263], [267], [278], [313–315], [321], [324], [344], [363], [369], [371–374], [376], [392]
Graham, [321]
Green, C. E., [309]
Greenwood, Luke, [310]
Gregory, [314], [315], [320–323]
Grey, Jack, [297]
Griffith, [37]
Grundy, [67], [365], [372]
Gunn, [60], [62], [63], [93], [100], [188], [213], [215], [286], [321], [358]
Guy, Joseph, [37], [365]
Hall, Louis, [83], [101], [145], [343]
Hankey, [37], [38], [359], [366], [369]
Harris, Lord, [212], [306]
Hay Brown, [32]
Haygarth, [369]
Hayward, [26], [37], [38], [40], [215], [227], [323], [366], [370], [392]
Hearne, George, [100]
Hearne, Tom, [37], [67]
Henderson, E., [32]
Hewett, H. T., [179]
Hill, Clement, [179], [322–324]
Hills, Thomas, [391]
Hooker, W., [36]
Horan, [170], [315–317]
Hornby, A. N., [43], [183], [314]
Howard, T. C., [390]
Humewood, [390]
Humphrey, Richard, [290]
Humphrey, Tom, [26], [37], [40]
Hunt, Thomas, [392]
Iddison, Roger, [263], [310]
Iredale, F. A., [322], [323], [324]
Jackson, F. S., [40], [85], [214], [215], [321], [354]
Jessop, [38], [74], [86]
Jones, George, [74]
Jones, T. B., [275]
Jones, S. P., [316]
Jupp, [26]
Kempson, [359], [366]
Key, K. J., [61], [64], [254], [263]
King, R. T., [275], [277], [278]
Lambert, W., [25], [36], [389], [390]
Lane, [369]
Lane, C. G., [37]
Law, W., [274], [275]
Lear, George, [17]
Leslie, C. F. H., [239], [240]
Lillywhite, James, [313]
Lillywhite, W., [365]
Lockwood, [213], [357]
Lockyer, Tom, [370]
Long, R. P., [364]
Lubbock, [37]
Lucas, A. P., [66], [196], [373]
Lucas, F. M., [179]
Lyons, [77], [86], [321]
Lyttelton, Hon. A., [92], [373]
Lyttelton, Hon. C. G. (now Lord), [37], [40], [64], [371]
Lyttelton, Hon. E., [189]
McDonnell, P. S., [74], [148], [207], [262], [263], [317–319], [322]
McIlwraith, J., [318]
Mackenzie, Jack, [32]
McLaren, [85], [215], [323], [324], [363]
Maitland, [37]
Makinson, [370], [371]
Marsden, [37], [391]
Marshall, R. T., [295]
Marshall, Tom, [32]
Massie, H. H., [74], [148], [316], [317]
Maul, H. C., [56]
Mitchell, R. A. H., [37], [40], [62], [64], [370], [371]
Mortlock, [37], [268]
Moses, [179]
Moule, W. H., [316]
Murdoch, W. L., [158], [170], [189], [315–320], [324]
Mynn, A., [37], [361], [362], [363], [391], [392]
Newland, [15]
Nichols, [100]
Norman, F. H., [37]
O’Brien, [61], [86]
Osbaldeston, [36], [390], [392]
Painter, [101]
Palairet, L. C. H., [72], [85]
Palmer, G. E., [316]
Parr, George, [37], [40], [62], [63], [65], [66], [227], [256], [313], [362], [363], [365–371], [392]
Patterson, [66], [373]
Pauncefote, B., [56]
Peel, [88], [179], [213]
Penn, Frank, [46]
Philipson, [321]
Pilling, [212]
Pinder, George, [277], [310]
Quaife, W., [100]
Quaife, W. G., [100]
Ranjitsinhji, K. S., [47], [85], [215], [323], [324]
Read, W. W., [40], [117], [213], [214], [318]
Ridley, A. W., [212]
Robinson, Tom, [389]
Rotherham, [373]
Rumney, [15]
Saunders, [36]
Scott, H. J. H., [163], [317], [318]
Scott, Hon. J. M., [32], [296], [298]
Scott, Lord George, [32], [296]
Scotton, W., [179], [358]
Searle, [36]
Selby, [358]
Sherman, [390], [392]
Shrewsbury, Arthur, [54], [56], [60], [73], [76], [77], [78], [83], [100], [188], [196], [212], [213], [324], [343], [358], [373], [376], [392]
Small, John, [17]
Smart, Charles, [281]
Smith, [15]
Steel, A. G., [32], [56], [73], [76], [78], [86], [324], [376]
Steel, D. Q., [66]
Stephenson, [37], [313], [370], [371]
Stoddart, A. E., [40], [53], [196], [213], [215], [321–325], [327], [376]
Storer, [321], [333]
Sueter, Tom, [17], [24]
Sugg, [100]
Tarrant, [392]
Taylor, C. G., [37], [362–364]
Thornton, C. I., [77]
Tinley, R. C., [392]
Townsend, [38]
Trott, [189], [322], [323]
Trumble, J. W., [318]
Tufton, Hon. H., [359]
Tufton, Hon. T., [359]
Tunnicliffe, [100]
Ulyett, G., [148]
Wakley, Billy, [281]
Walker, J., [277], [370]
Walker, T., [20], [21], [24], [47], [389]
Walker, V. E., [37]
Walters, [320]
Ward, A., [100], [215]
Ward, W., [16], [23], [26], [31], [36], [390]
Watson, Charles, [281]
Webbe, A. J., [43], [314], [387]
Wenman, E. G., [37]
Wisden, [392]
Wootton, [101], [310], [372]
Wyer, Michael Russell, [296]
Yardley, W., [43], [56]
(See also under [University Cricketers])
[Batting], art of, [34];
shape of bat, [35], [36];
choice of bat, [41];
rules for the guidance of batsmen, [41];
position at wicket, [42–46];
Fuller Pilch as a model batsman, [36], [43];
W. G. Grace’s attitude, [44];
manner of holding the bat, [45];
playing fast bowling, [46];
position of right foot, [46], [54], [65], [302];
pulling a straight fast ball to leg, [47];
correct pose of left shoulder and elbow, [48], [54], [71];
what to do when the ball is well outside off stump, [48];
forward play, [48];
how to meet shooters, [50];
tactics when playing and unable to smother the ball at the pitch, [51];
half-cock stroke, [51];
back play, [39], [53];
dealing with a very short ball, [54];
easy wickets, [56];
the hanging ball, [57];
the yorker, [57], [129], [130];
offensive tactics, [58];
the cut, [40], [42], [59];
weak-wristed players’ cutting, [61];
the leg-hit, [62];
hit to square-leg, [39],
pushing, [64];
the glide, [65];
playing a ball on the legs that is not short enough to play back to, [66];
the ‘draw,’ [67];
snicking a ball off leg-stump, [67];
forcing stroke off the legs, [68];
off-drive to coverpoint and right hand of point, [68];
off balls, [69];
half-volley on off side, [71];
the hard drive, [72];
half-volley on on side, [72];
play to fast bowling on soft tricky wickets, [73];
hitting on difficult wickets, [74];
play to slow bowling, [75];
running out to drive, [76];
dealing with balls that are well outside the off stump, [78];
playing lobs, [78];
the pat, [79];
how to meet fast or medium-pace balls on soft wickets, [81];
running, [83];
imitation of great players, [85];
temperament, [86];
nervousness, [87];
rules of health, [88];
sleep, [88];
over-eating, [88];
superstitions of players, [89];
number of ways of getting out, [89], [91];
hitting twice, [90];
picking up the ball while in ‘play,’ [90];
obstructing the field, [90];
rule for playing off breaks of all paces, [117];
timidity with balls on off side, [132];
pokey batsman dealing with high-dropping full-pitch ball, [139];
when wicket softened by overnight rainfall, [142];
mistakes made about the state of the wicket, [146];
dealing with left-handed bowlers, [149];
left-handed batsmen, [178];
W. G. Grace’s counsel on how to score, [299–312].
(See also under [Bowling])
Betting, [102]
Border cricket, [292];
character of wicket, [292];
trop de zèle, [294];
patriotic partiality of umpires, [293];
playing for victory rather than cricket, [294];
surroundings of grounds,[294];
batting and bowling, [295];
‘Les Enfants Perdus,’ [295];
‘Eccentric Flamingoes,’ [295];
T. R. Marshall, [295];
pleasant reminiscences, [296];
at the present day, [297];
umpiring, [298]
Border Cup, [298]
[Bowlers], past and present, amateur and professional:—
Absolom, [285]
Allan, [152], [153], [314], [325]
Appleby, [97], [178]
Atkinson, [277]
Attewell, [48], [88], [149], [212], [215]
Barclay, [23], [24], [32]
Barker, Tom, [37]
Barnes, [358], [373], [386]
Barrett, [320]
Bates, [207], [258]
Bathurst, Sir F., [37], [362], [364], [366], [373]
Bean, [357]
Beauclerk, Lord F., [23], [24], [359], [389]
Beldham, [359], [390]
Bennett, George, [39], [76]
Bland, [122]
Bonnor, [172]
Bowley, [160]
Box, Tom, [276]
Boyle, Cecil, [23]
Boyle, H. F., [258], [314], [315], [316], [317], [325]
Brand, [390]
Brett, Thomas, [17], [23], [24]
Briggs, [73], [75], [88], [100], [147], [149], [151], [152], [169], [211], [215], [321], [325], [357], [358]
Broadbridge, James, [21], [22], [35], [365]
Brown, [357]
Brown, George, [365]
Browne, [23]
Bruce, W., [321]
Buchanan, David, [38], [97], [132], [151]
Budd, E. H., [26], [35]
Bull, [97], [215]
Bunch, [181]
Butler, [161]
Caffyn, W., [357]
Carpenter, [26], [227]
Christopherson, S., [160]
Clarke, William, [23], [37], [75], [79], [154–157], [362], [363], [365], [366], [392]
Cobbett, [37], [360], [361]
Cooper, W. H., [108]
Crossland, [160]
Cunliffe, [76], [97], [161]
Cuttell, [122], [161]
Davidson, [88], [122], [161]
Dean, [366]
Dryden, Billy, [297]
Emmett, Tom, [88], [101], [134], [166], [168], [178], [275], [277], [309], [318]
Evans, [74], [135], [161], [325], [373]
Felix, [365]
Fellows, Harvey, [24], [364], [366]
Ferris, J. J., [319], [320], [325]
Flowers, [212], [373]
Forbes, [172]
Ford, A. F. J., [239]
Francis, [161]
Freeman, [24], [39], [161], [277], [309], [310]
Fuller Pilch, [361], [365], [391]
Furley, [392]
Game, [172], [275]
Garrett, T. W., [74], [277], [314–317], [325]
Giffen, G., [73], [167], [168], [316], [317], [321], [322], [325]
Glassford, Clement, [32], [297]
Grace, W. G., [97], [153], [168], [169], [213]
Grant, Hope, [24]
Greenwood, Luke, [372]
Hall, Harry, [25]
Hammond, [359]
Harris, D., [19–21], [24], [358], [389]
Harrison, [160]
Hartley, [59]
Hearne, A., [59], [116], [122], [212], [215]
Hearne, J. T., [161], [325]
Hide, J., [357]
Hill, Allan, [160], [277], [358]
Hillyer, [37], [75], [362], [365]
Hirst, [88], [122], [215]
Hodgson, [31]
Hodswell, [16]
Horan, [315], [316]
Howard, T. C., [360]
Howell, [323], [325]
Humphreys, [154], [156], [321]
Jackson, [24], [31], [39], [54], [76], [97], [161], [369], [370], [392]
Jephson, [154]
Jessop, [38], [59], [74], [76], [97], [161]
Jones, [59], [174], [322], [323], [325]
Kempson, [366], [373]
Kendall, Tom, [152]
Knight, G., [21], [22]
Kortright, [76], [97], [161]
Lambert, [17], [18], [23], [359]
Lang, R., [24], [268], [274]
Leslie, C. F. H., [170]
Lillywhite, James, [81], [313]
Lillywhite, John, [301], [369]
Lillywhite, W., [17], [21], [22], [35], [37], [43], [75], [276], [360–365]
Lockwood, [116], [211], [212], [213], [321], [357], [358]
Lohmann, [174], [212], [325], [386]
Lumpy (Stevens), [12], [18], [24], [388]
Lyttelton, Hon. A., [318]
Mann, Noah, [18], [358]
Marcon, [24]
Marsden T., [390], [391]
Marsham, C. D., [369], [370]
Martingell, [63], [112], [366]
Mathews, [360]
McDonnell, P. S., [316]
McIntyre, Martin, [81]
McKibbin, [174], [322]
McLeod, R., [321], [323]
Midwinter, [315], [317]
Miles, Farmer, [280]
Minshull, [388]
Mold, [116], [122], [161], [164], [211], [212], [213]
Morley, Fred., [81], [82], [166], [174], [205], [262], [314], [358], [373]
Morton, [161]
Mynn, Alfred, [22–24], [26], [37], [75], [275], [276], [360], [361], [362], [364], [365], [366], [386], [391]
Noble, [323], [325]
Nyren, Richard, [17]
Osbaldeston, [23], [390]
Palmer, [74], [105], [121], [151], [164], [168], [174], [258], [276], [277], [317], [325]
Payne, [369]
Peate, [38], [81], [100], [147], [151], [168], [276], [318], [373]
Peel, [75], [88], [149], [151], [211], [213], [215], [325]
Powys, [24], [161], [268]
Rawlin, [88]
Redgate, [37], [75], [275], [361]
Richardson, [39], [76], [81], [116], [122], [161], [174], [215], [325]
Ridley, A. W., [154], [156], [212], [270], [274], [275], [314]
Rotherham, A., [160], [164], [373]
Rotherham, H., [160]
Saunders, [21]
Searle, [21]
Shaw, Alfred, [38], [76], [81], [82], [100], [115], [121], [131], [147], [205], [212], [289], [309], [314], [364], [372]
Shaw, J. C., [152], [289], [301], [358]
Shrewsbury, [271]
Silcock, [112]
Sinclair, [32]
Slinn, [31]
Smith, [373]
Southerton, [81], [115], [276]
Spofforth, [23], [98], [120], [121], [133], [134], [148], [149], [162], [164], [167], [172], [174], [185], [189], [241], [258], [268], [277], [310], [314–317], [324], [325], [374]
Steel, [373]
Stephenson, [369]
Stratford, [108]
Streatfeild, [97]
Studd, [97]
Tarrant, [24], [54], [161], [370], [371], [392]
Taylor, [366]
Thewlis, [358]
Thornton, C. I., [181]
Tinley, [31], [156]
Toppin, C., [160]
Trott, [59], [189], [321], [323]
Trumble, H., [320–323], [325]
Turner, C. T. B., [120], [149], [174], [319], [320–322], [325], [326]
Tylecote, [170]
Tyler, [38], [75], [147], [276]
Ulyett, [160], [277], [373]
Vigne, [360]
Wainwright, [59], [88], [147], [212], [213], [215]
Walker, T., [19], [22], [24], [35], [359]
Walker, V. E., [156]
Ward, A., [215]
Watson, [100], [373]
Wells, C. M., [97], [212]
Wenman, [361], [365], [366]
Wheeler, [357]
Whitby, [160]
Willes, [19], [21], [22], [96]
Willsher, [23], [369–371], [392]
Wilson, [97]
Wisden, [365], [369]
Wood, J. B., [156]
Woods, S. M. J., [76], [97], [161], [164], [373]
Wootton, [309]
Wright, W., [100], [101], [178], [357]
Yonge, George, [364]
(See also under [University Cricketers])
[Bowling], art of, [94];
present contrasted with past, [95];
falling off in amateur, [97];
at the public schools, [97], [98];
the professional bowler, [98–102], [357];
object of the bowler, [102];
the four motions of the ball and their intention, [103];
the spin from right to left, or leg-break, [104–113];
placing fieldsmen for leg-break balls, [107];
rotary motion of ball from left to right, or off break, [113];
what becomes of likely balls if not well played, [114];
break-back, [115], [117], [138];
fast off break, [116];
playing off breaks, [117];
upward vertical spin, [118];
downward vertical spin, [118];
combinations of spin, [119];
change of pace, [119–121];
high delivery,[122];
advantages of slow delivery, [122–127];
two exceptions to putting on slows, [124];
yorkers, [128], [164];
leg half-volleys, [131];
good-length ball outside off stump, [131];
bowling player off his legs, [133];
from different distances, [134];
choice of ends, by the slow bowler, [135];
taking advantage of peculiarities of time and ground, [136];
avoidance of singularity of dress or manner, [137];
changing from over to round the wicket, [137];
varieties of full-pitch, [138];
high-dropping full-pitch, [138];
ordinary slow full-pitch, [140];
medium-paced full-pitch, [140];
how to turn different states of the ground to advantage, [142];
long-hops, [145], [146];
sodden wickets, [145];
the ‘cutting through’ state, [147];
the drying state, [147];
hard and crumbled wicket, [149];
left-handed bowlers, [149–153];
balls curling or twisting in the air, [153], [154];
under-hand slows, [154];
lobs, [156], [209];
fast bowling, [158–167];
the off break, [162];
long run up to wicket before delivery, [162];
practising before beginning, [163];
straight delivery, [163];
value of long stops, [164];
leg-stump bowling, [165];
bowling over and round the wicket, [165];
getting leg bias on a ball, [166];
attitude in delivery, [166–168];
‘every cricketer should bowl,’ [170];
throwing, [171–175];
position of field for fast bowling, [175], [178];
dealing with left-handed bats, [178];
shooters, [180];
fast under-arm bowling, [181];
sneaks, [181];
rules for bowlers in the field, [182–186];
obedience to captain, [182];
quick return of bowler to wicket, [183];
appeals to umpires, [184];
shoes, [184];
cutting up the wicket, [184];
rules for beginners, [185];
training young cricketers, [382].
(See also under [Batting])
Buccleuch, Duke of, [292], [297]
Bunyan, John, playing at cat, [4]
Captains, [191];
few good, and those amateurs, [187], [188];
difficulties of professional, [188];
captaincy of the Australians, [189];
qualifications for, [189];
nervous order, [190];
apathetic kind, [190];
bowling enthusiasts, [190];
duties of, [191];
choice of team, [191], [207];
putting the other side in first, [191];
order of sending men in, [195–197];
counsel and encouragement to players, [198];
right of captains to order men to get out or to bowl wides to cause or prevent a follow on, [198–203];
economising time, [203];
educational hints to men, [203];
correcting slovenly dress, [204];
duties in field, [204];
management of the bowling, [204];
placing field, [206];
duties of captains of University and Public Schools teams, [207];
management of school elevens, [209];
enforcing practice, [210];
what to drink, [210];
selection of teams, [211–216];
cheerfulness and watchfulness, [216]
Cat-and-dog, [4], [5]
Clubs:—
All England Eleven, [363];
Drumpellier, [32];
Eccentric Flamingoes, [295];
Free Foresters, [31];
Hambledon, [10], [19], [21], [31], [358], [388];
I. Z., [31];
Melbourne, [313];
Old Grange, [32];
Richmond, [12];
Vine (Sevenoaks), [11];
West of Scotland, [32];
White Conduit, [27]
Country cricket, [280];
a rustic match in 1830, [280];
dress of period, [280];
paraphernalia of the time, [281];
a common warlike wind-up of the match, [282];
modern village cricket, [282];
training of village lads, [283];
single wicket, [284];
practice before a match, [284];
sixpence on the wicket, [285];
the thing to ‘burn’ into a young player’s mind, [285];
getting and saving runs, [285];
management and finance, [286];
subscriptions, [286];
professional trainers, [284], [286];
playing against strong in preference to weak teams, [287];
educating the rougher element, [287];
introduction of the school element, [288];
a captain’s reward, [288];
début of Richard Humphrey, [289];
expenses, [290];
country umpires, [290]
Cricket, history of, [1];
archæology of the game, [1];
Strutt on stool-ball, [3];
cat-and-dog, [4];
derivation of the word ‘cricket,’ [5];
‘Miss Wicket,’ [7], [11];
in Queen Elizabeth’s time, [7], [8];
costume of cricketers in 1791, [10];
the ball in 1770, [11];
curved bats, [11], [24];
earliest laws, [12];
Mr. Love’s poetical effusion, [15];
a ghost at a cricket match, [15], note;
Hambledon the centre of cricket, [17];
Nyren’s Cricketer’s Guide, [16], et seq.;
Lumpy and Noah Mann, [18];
David Harris, [19];
William Lillywhite, [21], [22];
Beldham, [25];
rise of the Marylebone C.C., [27];
M.C.C. laws, [28];
origin of Lord’s, [27], [28];
epochs in the history of the game, [31];
Scotch cricket, [32];
the whole art of batting, [34–93];
Fuller Pilch, [36], [43];
W. G. Grace as a batsman, [37], [44], et seq.;
C. G. Lyttelton, Humphrey, and Ash, [40];
Robert Carpenter, [54];
superstitions among cricketers, [89];
scientific bowling, [94–186];
Willes’ introduction of round-arm bowling, [96];
concerning professionals, [98–102];
danger of game drifting into a mere monetary speculation, [102];
Spofforth, [120], [133], [324], [325], [374];
A. Shaw, [121]; Tom Emmett, [134];
Peate, [151];
David Buchanan, [151];
Briggs, [151];
Mr. R. A. Proctor on bowling, [153];
W. G. Grace as a bowler, [169];
anecdote respecting W. G. Grace and Briggs, [169];
bowling in Australia, [174];
the genius who had discovered how to bowl shooters, [181];
captains and their functions, [187–216];
‘Pavilion’ criticism, [198];
M.C.C. legislation as to following on and declaring innings at an end, [202];
Morley’s geographical attainments, [205];
selecting representative elevens, [211–216];
umpires and their duties, [217–244];
a primitive match in Hampshire, [228];
the umpire who ‘dussn’t give him out,’ [231];
the art of fielding, [245–279];
country cricket, [280–291];
description of a rustic match in 1830, [280–282];
reminiscences of Border cricket, [292–298];
W. G. Grace on ‘How to score,’ [299–312];
the Australians and their doings, [313–327];
matches of English with Australian teams, [313–325];
reason alleged for excellence of Australian bowling, [325];
anecdote of a famous fieldsman, [327];
the University cricket match, [328–355];
Bishop Wordsworth’s account of the first Inter-University match, [330–333];
the famous two-run success of Cambridge University in 1870, [339];
the celebrated six-run victory of Oxford in 1875, [346];
the University bowlers, [352];
encounters of the Gentleman and Players, [356–374];
Alfred Mynn, [361];
training young cricketers, [375–385];
single wicket, [386–393]
Cricket-grounds, Australian, [326]
Dex, [1]
Dorset, Duke of, [388], [389]
Dress, [204], [387]
Drink, [210]
Fielding, [245];
a safe field, [246];
directions for, [246];
backing up, [247];
throwing, [248];
deep field, or country catching, [250];
wicket-keeping, [251];
long-leg, [256];
mid-off and mid-on, [257];
cover-point, [259];
point, [260–262];
short-slip, [263];
third man, [265];
short-leg, [266];
long-stop, [267–270];
bad, indifferent, and specious fielding, [271];
famous fielders, [272–276];
celebrated wicket-keepers, [276];
young cricketers, [384]
Fieldsmen:—
Andrews, [278]
Barlow, [170]
Bell, F., [278]
Bickley, John, [278]
Boyle, H. F., [206], [258]
Briggs, [278], [325]
Burnup, [247]
Bury, W., [274], [278]
Carpenter, [227], [260], [278]
Dench, [365]
Diver, A., [268], [278]
Douglas, J., [246]
Game, [275]
Giffen, G., [325]
Grace, Dr. E. M., [278]
Grace, W. G., [262], [263], [278]
Gregory, [278]
Gunn, [213], [278], [285]
Hartopp, E. S. E., [278]
Hildyard, [278]
Jones, T. B., [275]
King, R. T., [275], [277], [278]
Lang, R., [274], [278]
Law, W., [260], [274], [275]
Lubbock, A., [278]
Lyttelton, Hon. C. G., [274]
Mansfield, Hon. J. W., [278]
Marshall, H. M., [268], [274], [278]
Moorhouse, [278]
Mordaunt, G. J., [260]
Mortlock, W., [278]
Palairet, [246]
Pickering, W., [275], [278]
Pilch, W., [278]
Read, W. W., [207]
Ridley, [274], [275]
Royle, [275], [278], [326]
Shaw, J. C., [267]
Shrewsbury, [212], [213]
Smith, John, [62], [278]
Studd, G. B., [258], [278]
Sugg, [246]
Taylor, Josiah, [281]
Thewlis, J., [278]
Tinley, R. C., [278]
Tobin, F., [268]
Wainwright, [247], [278]
Walker, J., [277]
Walker, V. E., [278]
Wright, F. W., [278]
Gentlemen and Players, [356];
definition of amateur and professional, [356];
Mr. W. G. Grace’s share in the matches, [371], [372], [373];
supremacy of professionals as bowlers, [357];
congestion of professional skill in certain districts, [358];
amateurs, [358];
the first match, [359];
details of matches played, [360–373];
Alfred Mynn, [361];
the Barn Door Match or Ward’s Folly, [361];
William Lillywhite, [362], [364];
William Clarke, [362];
the year 1846, [363];
C. G. Taylor, [363];
Fuller Pilch, [365];
victories of the Players from 1853 to 1865, [366];
in 1857, [369];
victories of the Gentlemen, 1866–1879, [372];
a tie, [373];
the future, [374]
Gregory’s Australian team, [314]
Grounds:—
Bramall Lane, Sheffield, [271];
Brunswick, Hove, Brighton, [301];
Bullingdon Green, [328];
Clifton College, [308];
Cowley Marsh, [328];
Fenner’s, [339];
Lascelles Hall, [357];
Lord’s, [24], [27], [28], [38], [53], [66], [75], [90], [92], [147], [168], [188], [189], [193], [208], [218], [227], [235], [273], [274], [290], [295], [309], [314], [318–320], [328–330], [359], [369–373];
Magdalen, Oxford, [328];
Oval, [28], [64], [74], [188], [218], [227], [235], [262], [273], [318–320], [329], [369–373]
Hambledon, the home of cricket, [17]
Hawick, cricket at, [292], [295]
Health, [88]
Hockey, [2]
Kent, cricketing in, in 1830, [280]
‘Laws of Cricket’ revised at the ‘Star and Garter’ by a committee of
noblemen and gentlemen, &c., [218]
Lord, Thomas, founder of Lord’s cricket-ground, [27]
McDonnell’s Australian team, [319]
Mann, Sir Horace, [389]
Marylebone Cricket Club, the parliament of cricket, [27];
presidents and secretaries, [28];
abolition of rule forbidding ground to be rolled except before each innings, [142];
on throwing, [172], [174];
on follow-on and declaring innings at end, [202];
on definition of amateur, [356]
Matches:—
Australians v. Cambridge University, [314], [315], [316]; v. Derbyshire, [315]; v. England, [169], [194], [262], [271], [315–322]; v. Gentlemen of England, [168], [314], [315], [316]; v. Gloucestershire, [314], [315]; v. Lancashire, [316]; v. Leicestershire, [314]; v. M.C.C., [314]; v. Middlesex, [314]; v. Nottingham, [314], [315], [316]; v. Oxford University, [316]; v. Players, [315], [316]; v. Surrey, [314]; v. Sussex, [314]; v. Yorkshire, [74], [314–317].
Cambridge v. Oxford, [135], [194], [275], [328–353];
Eton v. Harrow, [332];
Gentlemen v. Players, [38], [40], [87], [188], [273], [301], [329], [356–374].
Gloucestershire v. Kent, [308]; v. Notts, [306]; v. Surrey, [86], [307]; v. Yorkshire, [306].
Hambledon v. England, [388], [389];
Hampshire v. England, [389];
Kent v. All England, [15]; v. Hambledon, [388], [389]; v. Hants, [389]; v. Sussex, [76].
M.C.C. v. Cambridge University, [86], [92]; v. Hertfordshire, [28]; v. Kent, [306]; v. Oxford University, [87]; v. Yorkshire, [309].
North v. South, [38], [90].
Notts v. Yorkshire, [63].
Surrey v. Cambridge University, [91]; v. England, [389]; v. Kent, [43]; v. Notts, [289]
Maxwell, Mr., [298]
Murdoch’s teams of Australian cricketers, [315–318], [320]
Nervousness, [87]
Nottinghamshire bowlers, [357]
Pallamajo, [1]
Professionals as a class, [98], [101], [102];
prospects of, in their career, [99–101];
definition of, [356]
Public schools and colleges, bowling at the, [95], [97], [98];
captains, [207], [209];
elevens, [209];
Charterhouse, [330], [354];
Cheltenham, [354];
Clifton, [354];
Eton, [9], [330], [332], [339], [353];
Harrow, [330], [353];
Marlborough, [354];
Repton, [354];
Rugby, [151], [330], [353];
Shrewsbury, [10];
Tonbridge, [354];
Uppingham, [164], [354];
Westminster, [354];
Winchester, [330], [354];
Wykeham, [330], [331]
Regimen, [210]
Rounders, [1], [2]
Rustic match, a, in 1830, [280]
Scores, how to make good, [299];
diet, sleep, and exercise, [299];
early training, [300];
practice on ground previous to match, [300];
testing pads, gloves, and shoes, [301];
punctuality at wicket, [302];
taking guard, [302];
observation of position of field, [302];
beginning of innings, [303];
avoidance of sharp runs, [303];
running out big hits, [304];
playing balls too quickly, [304];
dealing with thirst, [304];
modesty in the hour of victory, [305];
differing orders of wickets, [305];
a fast, dry, and true wicket, [305];
a fast, good, wet wicket, [307];
a slow, good, dry wicket, [307];
a bumpy wicket, [308];
a drying, sticky wicket, [310];
dealing with straight balls, [310];
valuable hints, [310], [311];
playing against odds, [311]
Scotch cricket, [32], [194], [230]
Scott’s Australian eleven, [318]
Shoes, [184], [241]
Single wicket, [284], [386];
rules, [387];
annals, [388–392]
Sleep, [88]
Smoking, [210]
Snob-cricket, [1]
Spikes, [184]
Stoddart’s English team in Australia, [215], [322–323]
Stool-ball, [1–4]
Stump-cricket, [1]
Superstition among players, [89]
Sutton-in-Ashfield, the nursery of bowlers, [358]
Temperament, [86]
Throwing, [171]
Training young cricketers, art of, [375];
beginning early, [375];
evils of over-coaching, [376], [380];
learning to bat, [377–382];
duties of the coach, [380];
teaching to bowl, [382–384];
fielding, [384]
Trott’s Australian team, [321], [322]
Umpires, [217];
none in early days of cricket, [217];
scoring by the ‘notcher,’ [217];
rules for, in the ‘Laws of Cricket,’ [218];
former custom of each side providing its own, [218];
present mode of nominating, [219];
source from whence drawn, [219];
difficulties of, [219];
deciding on question of bat or hand touching ball, [219];
finality of decisions, [221];
in cases of l.b.w., [223];
mutinous bowlers, [225];
club cricket disputes, [226];
at rustic matches, [226–231];
folly of giving reasons for decisions, [231];
qualifications for, [232];
quickness in deciding, [233];
powers of concentration, [233];
duties of, [234];
ground-measuring and placing of stumps, [234];
settlement of boundaries, [235];
punctuality, [235];
position at wicket, [235];
crying ‘no ball,’ [236];
wide ball, [237];
precedence of appeal to, at bowler’s end, [238];
bump balls, [239];
stumping, [240];
fair and unfair play, [241];
at striker’s end, [241];
use of common sense, [244];
country specimens, [290];
in Border cricket, [298]
Umpires:—
Barker, Tom, [290];
Bayley, J., [290];
Caldecourt, [290];
Good, [290];
Ost, [281]
Universities, bowling at the, [95], [97];
captains, [207], [209], [210];
teams, [274]
[University cricketers] (see also under [Batsmen] and [Bowlers]):
Absalom, [344]
Anson, T. A., [334]
Ash, E. P., [40]
Baily, [339]
Balfour, R. D., [334]
Bardswell, [334]
Barnard, [330], [332]
Bayley, [331]
Belcher, [340], [343–345]
Berkeley, [334], [338], [355]
Blacker, [347], [349]
Blore, E. W., [336]
Booth, [352]
Bourne, [340], [342], [343], [345]
Briggs, [346], [348]
Buckland, [347], [348]
Bullock, [335]
Butler, S. E., [334], [337], [340], [342], [343], [345], [355]
Campbell, [347]
Case, [354]
Cobden, [337], [340], [342–346]
Cunliffe, [334]
Curteis, [352]
Dale, [340], [341], [346]
Druce, F. N., [354]
Evans, A. H., [334], [354]
Fawcett, E. B., [337]
Fellowes, E. L., [334]
Fellowes, W., [335]
Fiennes, W., [335]
Fortescue, [341], [346]
Fowler, [352]
Francis, [340], [342], [346], [354]
Freeman, George, [351]
Fryer, [337], [342]
Game, [346], [348], [351]
Green, C. E., [335]
Greenfield, [349]
Hamilton, [349]
Hill, F. H., [342–345]
Inge, [354]
Jackson, F. S., [334], [354]
Jardine, [335]
Jenner, Herbert, [331]
Kelcey, [347], [348]
Kempson, [355]
Kenney, E. M., [334], [336], [354], [355]
Key, [335], [336], [354], [355]
King, R. T., [335]
Lane, C. G., [339], [355]
Lang, R., [334], [335], [337], [346], [347], [349], [350], [351], [352], [355]
Leslie, [329], [353]
Longman, G. H., [339], [347], [349]
Lucas, [349], [354], [355]
Lyttelton, [349], [350]
Lyttelton, Hon. A., [354], [355]
Lyttelton, Hon. C. G. (now Lord), [335], [337], [355]
Macan, [349–351]
Maitland, W. F., [334], [354], [355]
Makinson, J., [329], [335], [336], [354]
Manning, Henry (Cardinal), [330]
Marsham, C. D., [328], [329], [334–336], [344], [352], [355]
Mills, W., [334]
Mitchell, [335], [336], [352], [354], [355]
Money, [337], [340]
O’Brien, [329]
Onslow, D. R., [337]
Ottaway, [339–342], [346], [351], [354]
Palairet, [354]
Patterson, [346–348], [350]
Pauncefote, [340], [341], [344], [346], [353], [354], [355]
Payne, A., [335]
Pelham, Hon. F. G., [334], [352], [355]
Plowden, H. M., [334], [335], [337], [352], [355]
Powys, W. N., [334], [339]
Pulman, [347], [348], [351]
Rashleigh, [354]
Raynor, [339]
Ridding, A., [328]
Ridding, C. H., [328]
Ridley, A. W., [338], [346–350], [352], [355]
Rock, C. W., [334]
Royle, [347–350]
St. Croix, W. de, [334]
Salter, H. W., [334], [335], [337]
Sayres, [336]
Scott, [337], [340]
Sharpe, [346–349]
Sims, [350–352]
Smith, [351]
Smith, A. F., [340]
Stedman, [337]
Steel, A. G., [334], [337], [354], [355]
Stewart, [343], [344], [345]
Studd, C. T., [334], [354], [355]
Tabor, [339]
Thornton, [337]
Tobin, [337]
Townshend, [342], [346]
Traill, W. F., [334], [355]
Tuck, G. H., [334]
Tylecote, [339–342], [346], [348], [354]
Voules, S. C., [334], [354]
Walker, J., [338]
Walker, R. D., [328], [329], [338], [354]
Ward, [341], [342]
Ward, Rev. A. R., [314], [344–347]
Ward, Harrison, [340]
Warner, [353]
Webbe, [346], [347], [350]
Wells, [334]
Wills, T. W., [329]
Woods, S. M. J., [334], [338], [355], [373]
Wordsworth (late Bishop of St. Andrews), [329–333]
Wright, [336], [355]
Yardley, [335–337], [339–341], [344], [345], [346], [353], [354], [355]
Yonge, G. E., [336]
University cricket-match, the, [328];
rules of qualification to play in, [328];
advantage of playing on own ground, [329];
Bishop Wordsworth’s account of the first Inter-University match, [330–333];
results of matches, [333];
quality of the bowling, [333], [352];
individual scores, [335], [336];
celebrated bowlers, [336], [337];
Mr. S. E. Butler’s great bowling feat, [337];
batting failures, [338];
vicissitudes of the contests, [339];
the two-run success of Cambridge, [339–346];
the six-run victory of Oxford, [346–352];
public schools and the University elevens, [353];
all-round players, [354]
Wicket-keeper, duties of, [209], [219], [220], [251–255]
Wicket-keepers:—
Anson, T. A., [275], [276]
Blackham, J. M., [268], [276], [277], [316], [317], [320]
Box, Tom, [76], [276]
Bush, [276]
Gay, [276]
Hunter, [276]
Jarvis, [277]
Jenner, Herbert, [276]
Kemble, [276]
Leatham, [276]
Lilley, [276]
Lockyer, [276]
Lyttelton, Alfred, [240], [276]
McGregor, G., [212], [213], [276], [320]
Mortlock, [268]
Newton, [276]
Nicholson, W., [276]
Philipson, [276]
Pilling, [212], [276]
Pinder, George, [276], [277], [309]
Plumb, [276]
Pooley, [276]
Ridding, W., [276]
Sherwin, [252], [253], [276]
Storer, [215], [276]
Tylecote, E. F. S., [276]
Tylecote, H. G., [274]
Wenman, E. G., [276]
Yorkers, [58], [128], [129]

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[Transcriber’s Note]

But though the ball is on the leg side, it is quite possible for the batsman to hit it on the on side, and send it straight to short-slip’s hands, if he only could have been in his proper place.