ILLUSTRATIONS IN TEXT. ARTISTPAGE[Vignette on Title-page]Lucien Davis [‘Miss Wicket’]From an old print, 17707[The Champion]Lucien Davis34[W. G. Grace ready to receive the ball] ″44[Forward Play]From a photograph50[‘Half-cock,’ or over the crease play] ″52[‘Back-play’ to a bumping ball] ″55[Gunn Cutting] ″59[Shrewsbury Cutting] ″60[Old-fashioned Sweep to Leg (Gunn)] ″62[Square-leg Hit (W. G. Grace)] ″64[‘The Glide’ (W. G. Grace)] ″66[Forcing Stroke off the legs] ″68[Off Drive] ″70[Running out to Drive (Shrewsbury)] ″77[Gunn playing Forward] ″93[‘The Demon Bowler’]Lucien Davis94[The Leg-break Diagram] 110[Position of Field if Bowling on Leg side] 111[The Leg-break]From a photograph113[Likely Balls; and what may become of them if not correctly played] 114[The Off Break]From a photograph116[‘Off Breaks’] 117[Slow Ball] 123[Fast Ball] 123[A Hot Return]From a photograph127[A Pokey Batsman dealing with a high-dropping full-pitch] ″139[Low Delivery] ″167[Doubtful Delivery] ″174[The Field for a Fast Right-arm Bowler] 176[The Field for a Fast Left-arm Bowler] 177[Going in]Lucien Davis187[Eton v. Harrow] ″208[At Wicket after Bowling]From a photograph214[‘Guard, please, Umpire’]Lucien Davis217[A Clear Case]From a photograph224[‘You must go, Jack’] ″229[Stumped]Lucien Davis243[‘Saving the Four’] ″245[Backing up] ″247[‘Overtaking and Picking up’]From a photograph249[The Right Way to Catch] ″250[The Wrong Way to Catch] ″251[Wicket-keeper—Sherwin in position] ″252[Wicket-keeper—another position] ″254[Hit to Square-leg]Lucien Davis256[Point]From a photograph261[Short-slip] ″264[The Wrong Position for Stopping the Ball] ″273[An Anxious Moment]Lucien Davis279[A Six-year Old]From a photograph375[Drawing away from the Wicket]Lucien Davis379CHAPTER I. THE HISTORY OF CRICKET.A YOUNG CRICKETER(From a Picture ascribed to Gainsborough belonging to the M.C.C.)CRICKET.
