CONTENTS.
| Page | |
| [CHAP. I.] | |
| Origin of the Game of Cricket | [1] |
| [CHAP. II.] | |
| The general Character of Cricket | [16] |
| [CHAP. III.] | |
| The Hambledon Club and the Old Players | [40] |
| [CHAP. IV.] | |
| Cricket generally established as a National Game by the End of the last Century | [56] |
| [CHAP. V.] | |
| The First Twenty Years of the present Century | [82] |
| [CHAP. VI.] | |
| A dark Chapter in the History of Cricket | [99] |
| [CHAP. VII.] | |
| The Science and Art of Batting | [110] |
| [CHAP. VIII.] | |
| Hints against Slow Bowling | [176] |
| [CHAP. IX.] | |
| Bowling.—An Hour with “Old Clarke” | [187] |
| [CHAP. X.] | |
| Hints on Fielding | [204] |
| [CHAP. XI.] | |
| Chapter of Accidents.—Miscellaneous | [234] |
H. Adlard sc.
THE BATSMAN.
Fuller Pilch.
London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans.