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 DavisFrontispiece
[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 Davis68
[Run Out]198
[A. E. Stoddart]From a photograph212
[Country Cricket (Mitcham)]Lucien Davis280
[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 Davis376