Transcriber’s Notes
The following corrections have been made in the text:
[1] —

‘cicket’ replaced with ‘cricket’

(when boys wielded a cricket bat)

[2] —

‘excldued’ replaced with ‘excluded’

(are always excluded from)

[3] —

‘ealled’ replaced with ‘called’

(the man was called a rogue directly)

[4] —

duplicate ‘came’ removed

(Angry words came out fast)

[5] —

omitted ‘of’ added

(spirit of American cricket)

[6] —

removed duplicate ‘the’

(part of the fielder)

[7] —

add omitted ‘of’

(father of an upright man)

[8] —

‘bateman’ replaced with ‘batsman’

(or unnatural upon the batsman)

[9] —

‘powder’ replaced with ‘power’

(The power behind their cuts)

[10] —

‘increaased’ replaced with ‘increased’

(batsman increased in size by pads)

[11] —

‘professsional’ replaced with ‘professional’

(their professional cricketer)