There are other pictures, not a few, that we might select for notice, but already this ramble goes beyond due prefatory limits. There are the sketches in which the cricket is made to point or illustrate political satires. To do full justice to these, one would need to be well versed in the history (other than the cricketing history) of the period. But enough has been said. One could not let such a gallery of old masters go without an attempt to do the showman for them in some feeble way. They need neither help nor apology. They are good enough to win off their own bat.
In our modern instances we have been no less lucky: with Mr. Warner to bat, Mr. Jephson to bowl, Mr. Jessop to field, and the rest of the good company, we do not know that any other choice could have made our eleven better than it is; but after all, that is for the public to say; it is from the pavilion, not the players, that the applause should come.
CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| 1. | Some Points in Cricket History | [1] |
| 2. | Early Developments of the Cricketing Art | [29] |
| 3. | Batting | [48] |
| 4. | Bowling | [79] |
| 5. | Fielding | [117] |
| 6. | County Cricket | [137] |
| 7. | Amateurs and Professionals | [193] |
| 8. | Earlier Australian Cricket | [217] |
| 9. | English and Australian Cricket from 1894 to 1902 | [251] |
| 10. | University Cricket | [296] |
| 11. | Country-House Cricket | [342] |
| 12. | Village Cricket | [361] |
| 13. | Foreign Cricket | [381] |
| 14. | Cricket in South Africa | [396] |
| 15. | Cricket in New Zealand | [409] |
| 16. | Cricket Grounds | [415] |
| INDEX | [443] | |
