ILLUSTRATIONS IN TEXT.

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[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 Davis379

CHAPTER I. THE HISTORY OF CRICKET.

A YOUNG CRICKETER
(From a Picture ascribed to Gainsborough belonging to the M.C.C.)

CRICKET.