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)