CONTENTS.

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[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.