INDEX
Abel, 215, 245, 246, 268, 395
Absalom, Mr. C. A., 308, 309
Acland-Hood, H., 358
Adelaide, 235, 252, 253, 261, 286
Alcock, Mr. C. H., 321
Mr. C. W., 353, 363
Alexander, 236
All England Eleven, the, 158
Allan, 222
Alverstone, Lord, 363
Amateurs and professionals, 147; definition of the term, 193; distinction in cricket almost disappeared, 194; a comparison made, 196; the amateur forty years ago, 196; the amateur to-day, 198, 201; the professional of old, 198; the modern professional, 199; the life of a professional, 200; second-rate professionals, 200; "leagues," 200; providing livelihoods for amateurs, 202; complimentary matches and benefits, 203, 207; amateurs' expenses, 203; the question in Australia, 204; the Australian system, 206; gate money, 207; professional and amateur play, 208; bowling, 208, 209; batting, 212; fielding, 213; the professional wicket-keeper, 213; managing a side, 215, 366, 382, 383; black professionals, 385
America, cricket in, 389; Philadelphia, 390, 393; the Philadelphian eleven, 390; P. F. Warner's first tour in, 390; his second tour, 390; visit of K. S. Ranjitsinhji's eleven, 391; visit of Mr. B. J. T. Bosanquet's eleven, 391; New York, 392; Canada, 392
Anson, Mr. T. A., 175, 304
Answorth, J. L., 390
Appleby, Mr., 209, 212
Archer, Mr. A. S., 352
Armstrong, the Australian, 64, 286, 287
Askwith, Mr. G. R., 358
Attewell, 105, 239, 243, 245
Auckland, 381, 410, 411
Australian cricket. See Cricket
Authentics Cricket Club, the, 357, 358
Aylward, 8, 15, 32
Badminton Magazine, the, 314
Bails, 35
Bainbridge, Mr. H. W., 322, 323
Baldwin, Mr. Lorraine, 349
Balls, cricket, 10
Baltimore, 389
Bannerman, A., 195, 204, 220, 224, 231, 234, 245, 247
Charles, 195, 204, 224, 413
Barbados, 385, 386, 387, 388
Bardswell, 334
Barlow, 230, 234, 238
Barnes, 89, 112, 212, 213, 238, 239, 284, 285, 286
Barrett, 244
Base-ball, 390
Bateman, A. E., 307
Bates, 213, 230, 232, 234, 239
Bathurst, Sir Francis, 305
L. C. U., 394
Bats, first form of, 4, 5; fashion changed, 5, 6, 36; limitation of width, 10, 33; instruments of defence, 375 suitable to young cricketers, 50
Batting, 30; necessity of early practice and good coaching, 48; a good wicket the first essential, 49; hints to beginners, 49; a suitable bat, 50; position at the wicket, 50; where the weight should fall, 51; forward play, 53-58; the secret of forward play, 53, 54; how to play a good length ball, 53, 54; the off drive, 54, 55, 57; the "half-cock" stroke, 56; the forcing forward stroke, 57; offensive forward play, 57; back play, 58-63; moving the right leg, 58, 59; the golden rule for back play, 60; a good rule on a sticky wicket, 61; the hook stroke, 62; the back glance, 63; the forward glance, 63, 64; the leg hit, 64; the square leg hit, 64; the pull, 65; the straight half volley, 66; how to drive, 66; the on-drive, 67; the three classes of cut, 67; the forward cut, 67; the square cut, 68; the late cut, 68; the "chop." 69; when to play forward, 69; how to play to fast and slow bowling, 70; jumping out to hit, 70; playing lobs, 70; the "hitting or long-handle game," 71; playing on a sticky wicket, 72; running, 73-76; want of confidence, 75; superstitions, 75, 76; enthusiasm in cricket, 77
Beauclerk, Lord Frederick, 19, 22, 28
Beginners, hints to, 49, 50, 52, 53, 55,84
Belcher, Mr. T. H., 312
Beldham, 13, 19, 22, 28, 40, 172; quoted, 14, 15, 21, 22, 30, 38, 39, 40,44
Bentley, 14, 16, 22
Berkeley, Mr. G. F. H., 331 Betting on cricket, influence of, 11, 13; single-wicket matches, 21; "leg-work," 22; selling matches, 23; Beldham on betting, 24, 25, 153
Beverley Club, 349
Bignall, 214
Birmingham, 279
Bisset, Mr. Murray, 402, 404
Blackham, 220, 223, 231, 234, 257
Bland, James, 21, 23
Bligh, the Hon. Ivo, 317
Block-hole, the, 31, 32
Blore, Mr. E. W., 304
Blythe, 69, 284, 285
Board, J. H., 127, 173, 273, 396
Bonnor, G. J., 228, 231, 234, 321, 354
Booth, Mr. Clement, 307, 308
Bosanquet, Mr. B. J. T., 336, 360, 390, 391, 410
Bourne, Mr. A., 311
Bowling, 30; advantages of, 80, 81; lob bowlers, 84; slow bowlers, 85, 86; Nepean, 87; C. M. Wells, 88; his fast ball, 89; delivery, 90; holding the ball, 90-91; C. L. Townsend, 92; Johnny Briggs, 93; Peel, 95, 96; Rhodes, 96; Wainwright, 98; Trott, 99; Tyler, 100; leg-break bowlers, 101; medium bowlers, 101, 102; George Lohmann, 102; description of Lohmann's bowling by C. B. Fry, 103; Jack Hearne, 105; Attewell and Mead, 105; Hallam, 106; Alfred Shaw, 106; George Davidson, 107; Tate, 107; F. S. Jackson, 108; R. F. Mason, 108; fast bowlers—Tom Richardson, 109, 110; Lockwood, no; exhibition of fast bowling at the Oval, 111; Arthur Mold. 112; George Hirst, 113; Sam Woods, 113, 114; W. M. Bradley, 115; "lobsters," 115, 116; great difference between professional and amateur, 208, 209
Bowls, the game of, 33
Boxshall, 414
Boyle, 222, 224 231, 234, 238
Bradley, W. M., 57, 115, 176, 209, 281, 360
Brain, Mr. J. H., 346, 358
W. H., 328
Braund, 64, 101, 214, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 405
Mr., 27
Bray, Mr. E. H., 332, 334
Briggs, Johnny, 93, 94, 106, 178, 240, 242, 243, 245, 251, 253, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 263, 273, 276, 281
Britton-Holmes, Everard, 358
Broadhalfpenny, 20
Brockwell, W., 251, 256, 257, 258, 260, 264
Brown, J. T., 251, 253, 256, 258, 264, 265, 269
Brown, 20,
Bruce, W., 240, 245, 260
Buchanan, David, 210, 211, 212, 305
Buckland, E. H., 324
Mr. F. M., 315
Budd, Mr., 22, 27, 39
Bull, F. G., 389
Bullingdon Club, the, 299, 302
Bullock, W. H., 304
Buluwayo, 381, 397, 405
Burnup, C. J., 73, 176, 332, 334, 390, 410
Burton, 387
Bury, W., 308
Bush, J. A., 172
Butler, Mr. S. E., 312
Caffyn, W., 218, 362
Callaway, 412, 413
Cam, the, 296
Cambridge, 232, 296, 298, 302, 305, 307, 319, 325, 327, 333, 357, 359
Cambridgeshire, 150
Canada, cricket in, 381, 392
Canterbury Week, 355
Cape Colony, 402
Cape Town, 396, 395, 401, 402, 407
Carpenter, 160, 199
Case, Professor, 306, 359
Case, T. B., 357
Cazenove, Mr. Arthur, 304
Charlton, 244
Chatterton, 170
Clarke, P. H., 390, 391
Clarke, 22
Cliftonians, Old, 355
Climate, influence of, on cricket, 221, 222, 387
Cobb, M. R., 392
Cobbold, P. W., 334
Cobden, Mr. F. C., 310, 311
Cobham, Lord, 307
Coningham, 259
Cooper, W. H., 236
Coronation Match, 21
Cotterill, G. E., 307
Cowley Common, 299
Marsh, 302
Cranfield of Somerset, 69
Crawford, Frank, 81
Crawford, Mr., 203 note
Crawford, Mr. V. F. S., 391
Crawley, Mr. Eustace, 311, 324
Crawte, 15
Cricket, the beginning of, i; origin of name, i. 2; first form of play, 2, 3, 315 underhand bowling, 3; the first bat, 4, 5; choosing the wicket, 4; "length" bowling, 4, 5, 32; laws in 1774, 5; match between Kent County and All England in 1847, 5, 6; change of fashion in bat, 6; match between Hambledon Club and All England in 1775, 6; number of stumps increased, 7, 8; height of stumps and narrowing of wicket, 7, 8; distance between the wickets, 8, 9; regarding the width of the bat and size of ball, 10; invention of gauge, 10; laws first committed to writing, 1 1; influence of betting, 11, 135 a new moral epoch in 1833, 13; the Hambledon Club, 13, 14; a fire at the M.C.C. Pavilion, 14; Farnham the cradle of, 14, 15; county "boundaries," 15; famous battlefields, 16; early matches, 17; cricket in the north, 17; appearance of Essex and Herts, 18; the first Gents v. Players match in 1798, 19; more strict division of counties, 205 betting, 21-28; single-wicket matches, 27, 28
Cricket, country-house, 342; the prime of, 343; perceptible decrease in the amount of this class of cricket, 344; obstacles in the way of, 345; the task of collecting a team, 345, 346; an ideal week of, 346; the ladies' cricket match, 347; lunches, 347; Smokers v. Non-Smokers, 348; the I Zingari Club, 348, 3495 a batch of anecdotes, 349-354; "military weeks," 354; school tours, 355; clubs, 355-359; aims of, 360 county, 20; progress of, 139; organisation into a formal competition, 141; growth and systematisation, 142; gate money, 142, 143; increase of cricket, due to the growth of county cricket, 144; formation of a county Eleven, 144, 145; grounds, 146; professional players, 147; amateurs, 147; relations between professionals and amateurs, 149; question of residential qualification, 149-152; bona-fide residence. 150; early county cricket, 1525 betting, 153; some early matches, 154; in the north, 1555 notes on the early half of the century, 156, 157; a trio of matches between Sussex and England, 156; wides and no-balls, 156; arrangement of matches, 157; establishment and formation of county clubs, 158, 159; the All England and United All England Elevens, 158-160; classification of counties, 160, 161, 167, 168; arrangement of meetings, 161; rivalry of clubs, 161, 162; the Challenge Cup offered by the M.C.C., 162; list of the champion counties, 163; system of reckoning the order, 164; connection between the Marylebone Club and the counties, 165, 166; history of the various first-class counties, 169-192
Cricket, earlier Australian, the first English teams to visit Australia, 217, 218; first Australian team to visit England, 218; match against Marylebone, 219; the 1878 Eleven, 219; Spofforth, 220; his early methods, 221; wicket-keepers and fielders, 222; visit of Lord Harris's Eleven in 1870, 224; the second Australian Eleven, 225; Palmer, 225, 226; Macdonnell, 226, 227; match against picked England Eleven, 229; visit of Alfred Shaw's Eleven in 1881, 230; the Australian Eleven of 1882, 230; decline of form from 1884-1894, 231; visit of Earl Darnley's team to Australia in 1882, 232-234; difficulties of touring, 235; the cricket grounds, 235; the Australian Eleven of 1884, 236, 237; Australian cricket at its highest point, 238; an English Eleven under Alfred Shaw visits Australia, 239; the Australian Eleven of 1886, 239; signs of deterioration visible, 240-241; visit of professionals to Australia under Shaw and Shrewsbury, 242; teams under G. F. Vernon and Shrewsbury visit Australia in 1887-88, 242; the Australian Eleven of 1890, 243, 244; visit of Lord Sheffield's Eleven to Australia, 1891-92,245; Australian Eleven of 1893, 246; the English representatives, 247; influence of the interchange of visits on English cricket, 249
Cricket, English and Australian from 1894- 1902, 251; visit of Mr. Stoddart's team to Australia, 1894, 251; match at Adelaide, 252, at Melbourne, 254; match with New South Wales, 255; with (Queensland, 256; the first test at Sydney, 256-259; second test match at Melbourne, 259 5 third test match at Adelaide, 261; fourth test match at Sydney, 261; the final test game at Melbourne, 263; visit of the Australians to England in 1896, 265; H. Trott as captain, 266; the first test match at Lord's, 268; the second test match at Manchester, 269; the deciding match at the Oval, 271; increased pay for professionals, 273; visit of A. E. Stoddart's second team to Australia, 273; postponement of the first test at Sydney, 273; the second test match at Melbourne, 275; the third test match at Adelaide, 276; the fourth test match at Melbourne, 277; the last test, 278; visit of Darling's team to England, 279; the first test at Birmingham, 279; the second test at Lord's, 280; the third test at Leeds, 281; the fourth test at Manchester, 281; the fifth test at the Oval, 282; visit of Maclaren's team to Australia, 284; the first test at Sydney, 284; the second test at Melbourne, 285; the third test at Adelaide, 286; the fourth test at Sydney, 287; the last match at Melbourne, 287; visit of Joe Darling's team in 1902, 288; the test matches, 292; the test at Birmingham, 292; the test match at Lord's, 293; test match at Manchester, 294
foreign, 381; tours abroad, 381; the financial question, 382; the West Indies, 383-389; America, 389-393; Portugal, 393; South Africa, 396408; New Zealand, 409-414
Cricket, University, 296; the University match, 297-298; trial grounds, 299; Oxford, 299; Cambridge, 300; early history of, 301; cricket "families," 303; the Dark Blues, 302-304; the Light Blues, 304, 305; the mid-Victorian section of, 307; a remarkable group of Cambridge players, 306; "Bill of the Play," 309; the match of 1870, 310; triumph of Oxford in 1875, 313; a close finish, 314; the ability of the Cambridge Eleven of 1878, 315; Mr. Edward Lyttelton's team, 316; the teams in 1881, 319; treatment by the great Australian team of 1882, 320; Cambridge Past and Present v. Australia, 321; the 'Varsity match in 1883, 322; comparative falling oft of the Universities, 322; the Cambridge victory of 1885, 323; "the last choice game," 324; the difficulty of getting a "blue," 327; Cambridge v. Sussex, 327; incidents leading to an alteration in the law of following on, 327; new players, 329; the 'Varsity match of 1896, 332; ebb years between 1896-1902, 335; a gorgeous piece of cricket, 3355 undergraduates, 336; contemporary Oxford, 336; Cambridge, 337; list of those who have represented England in the test matches at home, 338; programme of each season, 339; importance of the University match to the funds of the M.C.C., 340
village, " Yokels at Cricket," 361; village cricket v. county cricket, 364; a village match, 365; educational value of, 365, 366; our Club, 366; the ground, 367; the pitch, 367; the pavilion, 367; the tea tent, 368; officials, members, and subscription, 36S, 369; the committee, 370; the best village cricketers, 370; the question of finance, 371, 372; details of expenditure, 373; country umpires, 375, 376; the great annual event, 377. 378. 379
Cricketing, early developments in the art of, 29; effect of bowling and batting on each other, 30; excellence of the Australian game, 30; advance in batting due to advance in bowling, 30, 31; "bias" bowling, 33, 345 change in the height of wickets, 35; length bowling introduced, 35; alteration of the form of bat, 36; real beginning of cricket, 36; aggressive tactics of early cricketers, 37, 38; "slogging," 38; style of batting before 1780, 39; a new era in the art of batting, 39; Tom Walker, 40, 41; "throwing-bowling," 41; Harris's bowling, 41, 42; mode of delivering the ball, 42, 43; rising tendency of his balls, 43; effect of his bowling on the batting, 44; hitting out, 45; development of forward defensive play, 47
Cricket Council, the, 167, 168
Crockford, 23
Cumberbatch, 384
Cunliffe, Mr. F. H. E., 332, 333
Cuttell, 106, 396, 402, 404, 406
Daft, Richard, 206, 211, 215
Dale, J. W., 309, 310
Daniel, A. W. T., 308
Darling, J., 253, 257, 263, 264, 266, 268, 272, 275, 276, 278, 279, 282
Darnley, Lord, 300, 317
Davenport, H. R. Bromley, 394
Davidson, George, 107, 170
Day, Mr. S. H., 337
Demerara, 355, 386, 387
Denton, 73
Derbyshire, 158, 168, 169, 201
Dillon, 364
Douglas, Mr. R. N., 326, 327, 357, 394
J., 329, 357
Downes, 412, 413
Dowson, Mr. E. M., 69, 337, 360, 391,410
Drake, Mr. E. T., 305
Druce, Mr. N. F., 273, 313, 330, 333, 335
Mr. W. G., 330
Mr. W. E., 76
Duff, 285, 286
Durham, 160
Emmett, Tom, 54, 215, 224, 230
Essex, 18, 158, 168, 171, 308
Eton, 304
Ramblers, 355
Evans, Mr. A. H., 224, 233, 239, 303, 305, 316, 319
Mr. W. H. B., 337
Evershed, S. H., 170
Fane, F. L., 410
Fane, Sir Spencer Ponsonby, 349
Farnham, 20
Fawcett, E. B., 307
Fellowes, Mr. Walter, 304
Mr. Harvey, 303, 304
Fenner, F. P., 300
Fennex, 44
Ferris, 109, 242, 244, 245
Fielding, 39, 117; deterioration of, lately, 118; importance of, 119; how to obtain practice, 119; throwing at the wicket, 120; ground fielding, 120; returning the ball, 120; pursuing the ball, 121; speed and accuracy in returning the ball, 122;running men out, 122; anticipating the batsman's stroke, 123; backing up the wicket-keeper and bowler, 123, 124; position of hands for catch, 124; improvement of wicket-keeping, 125; duties of a good keeper, 125, 126; position of hands, 127; the "give," 127; taking balls on the leg side, 128; point, 128; "cover point," 129; position, 129; judging catches, 130; Gregory at "cover," 130; duties of "third" man, 131; the "slips," 132; "mid-off," 133; "mid-on," 133; position of short-leg, 135; throwing in, 135, 213
Findlay, Mr. W., 337
Fisher, 412
Fitzgerald, Mr. R., 306
Flint, 170
Flowers, 239
Foley, Mr. C. P., 325, 327, 357
Ford, F. G. J., 253, 256, 258, 325, 327
A. F. J., 318
Fortescue, Mr. A. T., 311
Foster, Mr. H. K., 67, 331, 333, 337
Mr. R. E., 51, 69, 335, 337
Francis, Mr. C. K., 311
Francis, Mr. H. H., 402
Frankish, 412, 413
Free Foresters Club, the, 197, 208, 356
Freshmen's Match, the, 339
Fry, C. B., 51, 60, 72, 102, 103, 280, 331, 338
Fuller Pilch, 157, 175
Galloway, 261
Game, Mr. W. H., 313, 314, 315
Garnett, H. G., 412
Garrett, 220, 222, 224, 229, 231, 236, 241
Gate money, 142, 206, 207, 283, 300, 382, 404
Gay, L. H., 251, 252, 253, 257, 330
Gentlemen of England team, 339
Gentlemen v. Players, 19, 303, 305, 346
Georgetown, Demerara, ground at, 389
Giddy, Mr., 402
Giffen, 109, 231, 238, 240, 242, 246, 257, 258, 260, 262, 263, 264, 266, 267, 268
Gloucestershire, 158, 163, 165, 172, 375
Godalming, 20
Godfrey, Mr. C. J. M., 320
Goodman, Clifford, of Barbados, 388
Goschen, Mr. Charles, 350
Gosling, Mr. R. C, 325
Graaf Reinet, 397, 402
Grace, E. M., 172, 321
G. F., 172
W. G., 51, 57, 85, 86, 110, 159, 172, 210, 211, 212, 214, 218, 219, 229, 240, 245, 246, 247, 268, 271, 282, 307, 309, 315, 339, 395
Graham, 247, 262
Grahamstown, 397, 402
Green, C. E., 171, 308
Greene, Mr. A. D., 316
Greenfield, Mr. F. F. J., 314
Greenwood, Luke, 214
Gregory, S. E., 169, 204 note, 244, 256, 257, 263, 266, 268, 269, 276, 279, 282, 286, 288
Greig, J. E., 174
Grounds, cricket, 415; soils on which a pitch cannot be made, 415; sandy soil, 416; adhesive land, 416; drainage, 416, 420; a slope, 417; preparation of the entire area, or only the cricket square, 417; reserve plots, 418; laying turf or sowing seed, 418; cost of turf, 419; a sward produced from seeds, 419; preparatory work, 421; weed seeds in soils, 422; enriching the soil, 423; surface preparation, 424; selection of seeds, 425-428; quantity of seed, 429; sowing, 429, 430; worm casts, 431; water and shade, 432; bird scares, 433; mowing, 434; rolling, 435; destruction of weeds, 435-436; improving cricket grounds, 438, 441
Grundy, Jemmy, 199
Gully, 23
Gunn, W., 67, 212, 213, 214, 247, 286, 287
Hadow, Mr. Walter, 311
Haigh, 71, 81, 97, 346, 396, 397, 399, 402, 404, 405, 406
Hall, Harry, of Farnham, 17, 40
Hallam, 106
Halliwell, 128, 403
Hambledon Club, the, 4, 6, 8, 13, 14, 20, 154, 155
Hammond, 20
Hampshire, 20, 155, 158, 168, 174
Hankey, Mr. Reginald, 304
Hargreave, 410
Harlequins, the, 197, 357
Harris, David, 4, 13, 31, 39, 40, 42, 46
Lord, 150, 167, 224, 312, 338
Harrison-Ward, Mr. E. E., 311
Harrow, 313, 326
Wanderers, 355
Hartley, J. C, 332
Row, 20
Hartopp, Mr. E. S., 304
Hawke, Lord, 75, 312, 321, 352, 383, 384, 388, 396, 397, 409
Hay, 170
Hayward, Tom, 97, 115, 160, 199, 212, 213, 269, 273, 274, 276, 280, 281, 282, 284, 286, 287
Hearne, J. T., 81, 105, 210, 264, 272, 273. 275, 277, 281, 319, 330
Henery, Mr., 321
Herts, 18
Hewett, Mr. H. T., 329
Hickton, 170
Hill, Mr. A. J. L., 326, 327
Clem, 253, 266, 268, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 285, 286, 288
Mr. F. H., 311
Mr. V. T., 329, 390, 391
Hirst, 214, 273, 274, 276, 330
Hole, Dean, 370
Homerton Club, the, 20
Horan, 220, 231, 236
Hornby, A. N., 177, 215, 219
Howell, 256, 277, 399
Howitt, 166
Hugessen, Mr. C. M. Knatchbull, 323
Hume, 170
Humphreys, 251, 253, 254, 256
Iddeson, Roger, 214
Incogniti Club, the, 352, 356
Intercolonial Cup, the, 385
Iredale, 255, 257, 261, 266, 268, 270, 272, 276
Isis, the, 296
Jackson, F. S., 57, 60, 67, 72, 108, 210, 212, 213, 247, 280, 282, 305, 326, 327, 328, 330, 338, 360
Jardine, Mr. M. R., 328
Jarvis, Mr. L. K., 239, 318
Jephson, Mr. D. L. A., 71, 326, 327, 360
Jessop, G. L., 52, 76, 81, 173, 208, 229, 254, 280, 285, 287, 288, 309, 334, 338, 389
Johannesburg, 396, 399, 400, 401, 403
Johnson, P. R., 410
Jones, A. O., 67, 330, 338
E., 248
R.T.,329
S., 236, 241
109, 267, 268, 278, 280, 288
Kaffirs, 400
Kelly, J., 266, 271, 275
Kemp, Mr. M. C, 320
Kempson, Mr. Mat, 305
Kent, 5, 16, 18, 155, 158, 164, 175
v. England, 19
Festival, 356
Key, Mr. K. J., 69, 310, 323, 335
Kimberley, 397, 398, 401, 405
King, J. B., 390, 391, 392
Kingston, Mr. F. W., 318
King William's Town, 397, 402
Kirwan, Mr. J. H., 304
Kitcat, S. A. P., 394
Knatchbull, Mr. H. E., 303
Kortright, C. J., 171, 208, 324
Lambert, Mr., 28
Lancashire, 158, 163, 164, 165, 176
Lane, C. G., 304
of Barbados, 387
Lang, Mr. Andrew, 2
Mr. T. W., 307, 313, 314
Latham, Mr. P. H., 330
Laver, 281
Lawrence, C, 218
Leatham, A. E., 410
Lecontield, the late Lord, 349
Lee, Mr. G. B., 303
Leeds, 281
"Legs,"' 21, 22
Leicester, 17, 168, 178, 364
Leigh, Mr. Chandos, 304, 349, 355
Leslie, Mr. C. F. H., 319, 323
Lester, J. A., 390
Leveson-Gower, H. D. G., 365
Lewis, Mr. R. P., 328
Lilley, 270, 280, 281, 284, 287, 288
Lillywhite, J., 218
Lincolnshire, 160
Liverpool, 177
Llewellyn, 404
Lockwood, 64, 110, 111, 208, 211, 247, 251, 253, 283
Lockyer, 213
Logan, Mr. J. D., 406
Lohmann, George, 81, 91, 240, 242, 243, 245, 268
Longman, Mr. George, 312
Lord's, 16, 19, 64, 105, 140, 162, 198, 237, 248, 268, 280, 298, 299, 301, 305, 316, 319, 321, 333, 336, 340, 348, 357, 358, 382, 388, 404
Lucas, Mr. A. P., 171, 313, 316, 338 R. S., 383
Lyons, 228, 242, 245, 257
Lyttelton, Mr. Alfred, 237, 238, 317, 338
Mr. E., 314, 315, 316
Mr. G. S., 308
Macan, Mr., 314
M'Arthy, R. F., 412, 413
M'Cormick, Canon J., 305
Macdonald, Dr., 364
Macdonnell, 224, 226, 228, 229, 237
MacGregor, Gregor, 303, 324, 327, 330, 338
M'ilwraith, 240
M'Kibbin, 267, 270, 271, 272
Maclaren, A. C., 51, 60, 62,72,177, 212, 213, 215, 251, 273, 395
M'Leod, C., 255, 276, 277, 278
R., 255
Magdalen College School, 299, 302
Malvernians, the Old, 353
Manchester, 177, 237, 269, 2S1
Marchant, F., 322
Maritzburg Oval, the, 398
Marlborough Blues, the, 355
Married v. Single, 374, 377
Marshall, H. M., 308
Marsham, C. H. B., 336
C.J. B., 357
Martyn, Mr. H., 336
Mason, J. R., 273, 274, 360
Massie, 224, 228, 231, 236, 320
Matting used for wickets, 397, 399,411
May Week, 343
M.C.C., 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 98, 162, 165, 166, 169, 197, 203, 300, 306, 316, 333, 339, 340
Mead, 91, 105, 280
Melbourne, 254, 259, 263, 277, 284
Middlesex, 158, 164, 179, 326
Middleton, 397, 402, 404
Mid-off, 50, 133
Mid-on, 133
Midwinter, 195, 204, 220, 230, 233, 236, 316
Milligan, the late F. W., 396, 402, 403, 406, 407
Mitchell, Mr. R. A. H., 307
Mr. F., 328, 331, 390, 391, 396, 402, 403
Mold, 64, 106, 247
Money, W. B., 309, 310
Montreal, 392
Mordaunt, Mr. G.J., 76, 331, 332,333
More, R. E., 391
Morley, 219, 232
Morton, Mr. P. H., 316, 317
Moses, 246
Murdoch, W. L., 67, 220, 222, 223, 224, 227, 229, 231, 237, 238, 241, 243, 320
Mycroft, W., 170, 316
Mynn, 362
Negro, the West Indian, 385, 388
Nepean, E. A., 180
Net practice, 77
Nevvlands Ground, the. Cape Town, 397
New South Wales, 242, 253
New South Wales and Victorian Cricket Association, 251
New York, 389
New Zealand, cricket in, 381, 582; visit of Lord Hawke's team to, 409; arrival in Auckland, 410; match against West Coast XXII., 411; the first test match, 411; the New Zealand Eleven, 411; batting, 411, 412; bowling, 412
New Zealand Cricket Council, 414
Nicholls, Mr. B. E., 322
No-balls, 156
Noble, 104, 276, 277, 279, 280, 282, 286, 287, 288
Norfolk, 19, 160
Norman, Edward, 374
Philip, 364
Northamptonshire, 160
Northumberland, 160
Nottinghamshire, 17, 22, 147, 158, 163, 164, 165, 181, 201, 219, 330, 364
Notts v. Kent, 364
Nyren, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 13, 23, 31, 34, 35, 41,43
O'Brien, Sir T. C., 322, 338
Odell, W. W., 360
Old Trafford Ground, 82, 169, 17-, 382
Onslow, Denzil, 307
Oporto, 94
Orford, Mr. L., 323
Osbaldeston, Squire, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28
Oscroft, 210, 211
Ottoway, Mr. C. J., 310, 311
Oval, the, 77, 96, 106, 107, 111, 141, 167, 248, 271, 282, 316, 321, 340, 388, 404
Oxford, 296, 298, 302, 303, 307, 309, 310, 313, 322, 326, 327, 328, 333, 336, 340, 358, 375
Oxford University Authentics, the, 359
Oxford University Cricket Club, the, 299
Page, Mr. H. V., 322
Palairet, Mr. L. C. H., 310, 329, 338
R. C. N., 331
Palmer, 109, 224, 225, 238, 241
Parker's Piece, 300
Parr, G., 215, 217, 305
Patterson. Mr. W. S., 319
Pauncefote, Mr., 311
Payne, Mr. A., 304
Pearson, Mr. T. S., 358
Peate, 87, 210, 230, 237, 238
Peel, 81, 87, 95, 96, 239, 243, 245, 248, 251, 253, 255, 256, 257, 259, 260, 263, 265, 272
Penn, Mr. E. F., 337
Perambulators v. Etceteras, 339
Perkins, Mr. Henry, 306
T. N., 331
Perrin, P., 171
Philadelphia, 359, 390, 391
Philipson, H., 251, 252, 324, 358
Pilkington, C. C, 332, 333
Pilling, 178
Pinder, 213
Platts, 170
Plowden, H. M., 307, 308
Plumb, 213
Pooley, 213
Poore, R. M., 174
Popping crease, the, 31, 35, 50, 56
Port Elizabeth, 397, 398, 401, 402
Porter, 170
Portugal, cricket in, 381, 394; tour of Mr. T. Westray's Eleven, 394;
matches against Oporto and Portugal, 394; the wickets, 395
Powell, 406
Powys, Mr. W. N., 312
Pretoria, 397, 405
Pritchard, H. Hesketh, 360
Professionals. See Amateurs and Professionals
Pycroft, Mr., quoted 2, 7, 8, 9, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 33, 34, 38, 39, 44
Quaife, 286, 288
Queensland, 235, 256
Quidnuncs, the, 197, 208, 357
Raikes, G. B., 332
Ramsay, Mr. R. C, 320
Ranjitsinhji, K. S., 51, 60, 63, 65, 69, 72, 81, 110, 111, 212, 270, 271, 273, 274, 275, 276, 279, 280, 309, 329, 338, 351, 395
Rashleigh, Mr. W., 323
Read, Maurice, 214
W. W., 65, 232, 234, 237, 240, 247, 397, 407
Reese, D., New Zealand, 411, 412
Reid, Sir Robert, 307
Rhodes, 69, 71, 81, 87, 96, 113, 283
Richardson, H. A., 309
Tom, 64, 80, 97, 109, 111, 208, 247 251, 253, 255, 256, 259, 260, 263, 264, 268, 270, 273, 275, 277, 278
Riddings, 303
Ridley, A. W., 219, 313, 314, 351
Robertson-Walker, Mr. J., 358
Rock, Mr. C. W., 322
Rowbotham, 214
Rowe, 397, 402, 404
Royle, Mr. Vernon, 313
Rugby, 319
Rutter, Mr. E., 356
Sackville, Lord John, 5
St. John's Wood, 299, 301, 341
St. Vincent, 388
San Francisco, 410
Saunders, 287
Scattergood, 390, 391
Scott, 236, 237, 241
Scotton, 230, 282
Selby, 230
Seniors' Match, 339
Sewell, Mr. C. O. H., 390
Shacklock, 89
Shalders, of Kimberley, 405, 406
Shaw, Alfred, 105, 106, 210, 215, 219, 230, 239, 307
Shaw, Jemmy, 199
Mr. E. D., 320
Shine, Mr. E. B., 328, 334
Shrewsbury, Arthur, 87, 200, 212, 213, 230, 239, 240, 242, 243, 247, 330
Shuter, 215, 323
Silwood Park, 356
Simpson, 23
Simpson Hayward, J. H., 360
Sims, Mr., 314
Sinclair, 397, 403, 404, 406
Skeat, Mr., 1
"Slips," 132, 133
Small, 6, 11, 38, 46, 155
Smith, Arthur, 314
Mr. C. A., 322
E., 94, 329
G. O., 76, 332, 333, 334
of Trinidad, 387
Smokers v. Non-Smokers, 348
Somerset, 158, 161, 168, 182, 321, 325
South Africa, cricket in, 396; visit of Lord Hawke's team, 396; matting wickets, 397; ground, 398; length of matting, 399; no rolling necessary, 400; cricket on matting, 401; match at Cape Town, 402; at King William's Town, 402; matches at Johannesburg, 403; match against the Transvaal, 403; game against South Africa, 403; disappointment at Johannesburg, 404; two days' match against Pretoria, 405; at Kimberley, 405; Buluwayo, 405; ten days in Rhodesia, 405; the last matches at Cape Town, 406; the first English team to visit South Africa, 407; the team in England, 407, 408; wicket-keeping, 414; fielding, 414
South African Cricket Association, 400
Spofforth, 84, 91, 109, 110, 220, 224, 225, 229, 231, 232, 234, 238, 240, 321
Square leg, running away to, 49
Stamford, Lord, 300
Stanning, J., 410
Steel, A. G., 87, 177, 212, 234, 237, 238, 240, 305, 315, 316, 317, 318, 321, 338, 347
Steel, D. Q., v8
E. E., 360
Stephenson, H. H., 217
Stevens, Edward, "Lumpy," 6, 8, 11 39,46, 155
Stewart, W. A., 309, 312
Stoddart, A. E., 48, 57, 62, 212, 213, 224, 240, 245, 246, 247, 251, 253 255, 256, 258, 260, 262, 263, 265, 269, 273, 388
Stool Ball, 31
Storer, W., 170, 273, 276
Streatfield, Mr. E. C., 326, 327
Strutt, Mr., 2
Studd, Mr. C. T., 318, 319 320, 322
G. B., 318, 321, 331
J. E. K., 319, 331
Suffolk, 160
Surrey, 18, 20, 97, 111, 155, 163, 164, 165, 183, 196, 197, 216, 363
Sussex, 15, 156, 164, 165, 185, 327
Sydney, 233, 235, 256, 261, 273, 284, 287
Tabor, Mr. A. S., 313
Tarrant, 160
Tate, 72, 107, 399
Taylor, A. C, 394
C., 45
C. G., 302, 304
T. L., 72, 337
Tebbut, C. M., 171
Thompson, 410
Thornton, C. I., 228, 309, 315, 327, 330, 354
Toll, 23
Tonbridge, 323
Toppin, Mr. C, 323
Toronto, 392
Townsend, Mr. Ch., 87, 173, 280
Townshend, Mr., 311
Traill, Mr. W. F., 304
Transvaal, the, 402
Trevor, Captain, 352
Trinidad, 381, 384, 386, 387, 389
Trott, A. E.. 72, 91, 99, 180, 243, 255, 257, 261, 262, 396, 397, 402, 403, 404, 406
H., 255, 258, 261, 263, 264, 265, 266, 269, 270, 276
Trumble, J., 71, 240
Trumble, H., 243, 244, 247, 259, 267, 271, 272, 275, 276, 277, 278, 281, 284, 286
Trumper, Victor, 60, 66, 69, 72, 280, 282, 286
Tucker, K., of New Zealand. 411, 412
Tufton, Hon. H., 19
Hon. J., 19
Turner, 91, 109, 2 42, 244, 246, 256, 259, 262, 263, 264
Tyldesley, 60, 68, 72, 73, 178, 212, 213, 214, 286, 287, 288, 396, 397, 402, 403, 406
Tylecote, Mr. E. F. S., 232, 311, 338
Tyler, 100
Ulyett, 213, 224, 230, 237, 239, 310
Umpires, Country, 375, 379
United States, cricket in, 381
University cricket. See Cricket
matches, 296, 297, 305, 310, 312, 313, 315, 331, 332, 336
Parks, 299
Upham, 412, 413
Uppingham Rovers, the, 355
Vancouver, 381
Vernon, G. F., 242
Village cricket. See Cricket
Vine, 64, 72, 101
Waddy, P. S., 332
Wainwright, 98, 214, 273
Walker, Henry, 41
Mr. G. G., 170
Mr. J. G., 321
Tom, 19, 28, 40, 43
V. E., 215, 305
Walters, 244
Wanderers' Ground, Johannesburg, 398, 399, 404
Ward, Mr., quoted, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 20, 33, 34
Mr. Arthur, 247, 251, 253, 256, 258, 264, 265
Warner, Mr. P. F., 332, 333, 350, 351, 381, 410
Warwickshire, 158, 168, 187, 208
Wass, 112
Webbe, A. J., 219, 313, 314, 316, 331, 357
Wellington, New Zealand, 411
Wells, Mr. C. M., 69, 87, 88, 89 90, 328, 357, 360
West Indies, cricket in, 381, 382 visit of R. S. Lucas's team, 583 visit of Lord Hawke's team, 384 match against Queen's Park Cricket Club at Trinidad, 384; the Intercolonial Cup, 385; wickets, 386; visit of West Indian team to England, 386; visit of last English team, 387; general progress of cricket in, 387; climate, 387; grounds, 389
Westray, T., 394
Wharton, Major, 397, 407
Whatman, A. D., 410
White of Ryegate, 10, 11
Whitheld, Mr. Herbert, 317
Whittom, Dick, 23
Wickets, 2. 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 19, 82, 221, 252, 397
Wicket-keeping, 125
Wides, 156
Wild, 214
Wills, Mr. T. W., 306
Wilson, C. E. M., 334, 337, 396
E. R., 337, 391, 406
Windmill Down, 20
Wisden, quoted, 115, 335
Woodcock, 330
Woods of Demerara, 384, 387
Mr. S. M. J., 303, 305, 318, 324, 325, 327
Woof, 173
Worcestershire, 158, 161, 168, 188, 208, 332
Wordsworth, Mr. Charles, Bishop of St. Andrews, 302
Works referred to, W. G. Grace's Cricket, 163; Home Gordon's Cricket Form at a Glance, 351; Norman's West Kent Cricket, 364; Ranjitsinhji's Jubilee Book of Cricket, 61, 169; Surrey Cricket, 363; Waghorn's Cricket Scores, 152
Wright, Mr. C. W., 322, 323
Mr. L. G., 170
Wykehamists, Old, 355
Wynyard, E. G., 174
Yardley, W., 309, 310, 336
Yonge, Mr. G. E., 303
Yorkshire, 96, 111, 146, 152, 158 161, 163, 165, 189-191, 201, 316
Young, 171
Zingari, I, Club, 197, 348, 349, 355
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