CHAPTER XIV.

SINGLE WICKET.

(BY THE HON. R. H. LYTTELTON.)

It is necessary in any work which professes to treat of cricket generally, that the laws and regulations of single wicket should be discussed, though the subject is not of much importance in these days; for, as far as first-class cricket is concerned, the game played with only one wicket has vanished altogether. Some few years ago, if an ordinary three-day match were over early, a scratch single-wicket match was sometimes improvised; but the effect was generally depressing.

Few people now take the trouble to read through the rules which govern single-wicket matches, and the almost total disappearance of such games may be mainly attributed to two circumstances: (1) The great increase in the number of three-day matches; (2) the diminution in the number of fast bowlers.

In the days of Alfred Mynn and Fuller Pilch matches practically never took more than two days, and first-class contests were in number about one-half what they are at present. A professional of the front rank, such as Lohmann or Barnes, now has to play two matches a week, and if a match is over on the second day, he is only too glad to have a rest before beginning again elsewhere, it may be more than a hundred miles away. The public also have the opportunity of seeing such a quantity of first-class play, that there is no demand for single-wicket matches.

In the second place, the rules of single-wicket cricket make it essential that driving in front of the wicket must be the staple stroke of the batsman, and for this reason, because the second rule provides that, to entitle the striker to a run, the ball must be hit before the bounds. Now the bounds are placed twenty-two yards each in a line from the off and leg stump, and there must be bounds unless there are more than four players on each side. The third rule compels the striker at the moment of hitting the ball to have one of his feet behind the popping crease and on the ground. These two laws contain the essence of the game of cricket as played with a single wicket. It is not sound cricket to play any bowling that may be called slow in the widest sense of the term with your right foot absolutely fixed. In the chapter on Batting the young player is advised to go out of his ground to slow bowling of a certain length and drive. But at single wicket the batsman may not move even an inch in front of the popping crease, to get a lob, for instance, on the full pitch. So the effect of bowling slows in a single-wicket match is that a batsman must abandon what may be called the orthodox and correct method of play, and merely wait till he gets a ball far enough up for him to drive it without getting out of his ground.

No correct player can ever drive slows, unless they are right up, without going out of his ground, and a great many would be so cramped that they would be at a disadvantage altogether, and obliged to play an ugly pokey game. If a slow bowler with perhaps two or three fields were bowling to Mr. Webbe, who plays slows as well as anybody in England, that gentleman would find himself obliged to abandon his natural game, stand still, watch the ball carefully, and play it gently, till he got a real half-volley or outrageous long-hop, off which he could score. But if certain skilful bowlers were on, the batsman would very likely have to wait the best part of an hour before such a ball came; and it would be sadly dull to watch such a game.

If five play on a side bounds are abolished, the slow bowling may get hit behind the wicket, and so the game becomes considerably livelier. The run consists of touching the bowler’s stump with the bat and getting back to the popping crease. Thus one run at single wicket is exactly equivalent to two at double wicket. To get three runs in one hit if there are two fields is almost an impossibility, though it has been done. There is no wicket-keeper, and nothing can be scored by byes, leg-byes, or overthrows. To run a man out, it is necessary that the bowler run to the wicket and put it down, unless of course it is thrown down. The fieldsman must return the ball so that it shall cross the ground between the wicket and the bowling stump, or between the bowling stump and the bounds; and three are scored for a lost ball.

In very ancient times five players a side used often to contend at single wicket, and in this sort of match there are no bounds, though the batsman must have his right or left foot on the ground behind the popping crease when the ball is hit.

Single-wicket matches were once very common. Indeed, during the last century they were played nearly as often as double-wicket games, and we will briefly notice some of the most famous.

In the year 1772 five of Kent with Minshull beat five of the famous Hambledon Club by one wicket, but in 1773 the same five men of Hambledon vanquished five men of England. Happy village of Hambledon that could thus defeat All England, a deed that at double wicket no county could accomplish now! With the redoubtable Lumpy given, the same village in 1781 beat England by 78 runs, five players on a side. In the following year six of Hambledon beat six of Kent, and the Duke of Dorset, Privy Councillor, Knight of the Garter, and Lord Steward of the King’s Household, played for the village against his own county, for what reason history telleth not. John Nyren says that this nobleman ‘had the peculiar habit, when unemployed, of standing with his head on one side.’ He is also celebrated in verse:

Equalled by few he plays with glee, Nor peevish seeks for victory. His Grace for bowling cannot yield To none but Lumpy in the field. And far unlike the modern way Of blocking every ball at play, He firmly stands with bat upright And strikes with his athletic might, Sends forth the ball across the mead, And scores six notches for the deed.

The Duke must have been the first who conceived the idea of international cricket; for while ambassador in France he wrote to Golden, of Chertsey, to form an eleven to play at Paris. Unfortunately, when they had got as far as Dover, they met his Grace, who had to flee the faithless Frenchmen in consequence of a revolution, and the match was abandoned.

Six of Hambledon again beat six of England in 1783, but six of Kent defeated the village in 1786. This was a famous match, though seeing T. Walker batting for nearly five hours for 26 runs must have been a trifle monotonous. A Kent player named Ring went in when 59 runs were wanted to win and two more wickets to go down. He made 15 overnight, and Sir Horace Mann promised him a pension if he carried out his bat, and, we presume, won the match. He failed to do so, but got out when 2 runs were wanted. Aylward then went in and played 94 balls before he made the winning hit. We hope Sir Horace Mann gave the pension to Ring, for he must have deserved it.

Six of Hampshire twice beat England in 1788, and in 1789 a drawn match was played between six of Kent and six of Hants. In this match betting at the start was 5 to 4 on Hants, but David Harris was seized with the gout, and the betting, therefore, stood at 5 to 4 on Kent. David Harris used sometimes to walk to the ground on crutches, but bowled splendidly, we are told, when he got warm.

In 1806, three of Surrey--William Lambert, Robinson, and William Beldham--beat three of England--Bennett, Fennex, and Lord F. Beauclerk--by 20 runs. This was the famous match when Beldham, father of thirty-nine children--none, so far as we know, cricketers--took a lump of wet dirt and sawdust, and stuck it on to the ball, which developed an extraordinary twist and bowled Lord Frederick out. His lordship was of an irritable disposition, and must have been very angry at this, for he had made 30 runs and was well set.

In 1814, Osbaldeston, Budd, and Lord F. Beauclerk beat three of England--Sherman, T. C. Howard, and Lambert. The famous Squire Osbaldeston clean bowled all his rivals in each innings for 19 runs only. The Squire, whose reputation as an all-round sportsman still survives, was the fastest bowler of his day. In 1818, so great was his fame and that of Lambert, that they challenged Budd, Humewood, T. C. Howard, and George Brown; but the four won in one innings, which so provoked the Squire that he withdrew from the M.C.C.--another irritable man.

The celebrated William Lambert alone beat two accomplished cricketers, Lord F. Beauclerk and Howard, by 15 runs. The Squire was too ill to play, so Lambert played them both, and drew the stakes, 100_l._ Up to 1827, wides counted for nothing, and Lambert bowled wides on purpose to Lord F. Beauclerk to put him out of temper. They were a choleric race in those days. The fame of Lambert is tarnished for selling a match at Nottingham, and he was warned off the ground at Lord’s for ever.

Mr. Budd in 1820 played a fast bowler called Brand, the match ending most disastrously for the latter. Mr. Budd went in first, got 70 runs, knocked his wicket down on purpose, and bowled his opponent out for 0. Budd then got 31, again knocked his wicket down, and again bowled his rival out for nothing. Mr. Brand ended his days in a lunatic asylum; we hope the malady was not brought on by this match, which was got up by Mr. Ward, who backed Mr. Brand.

The two brothers Broadbridge, one of whom was called ‘our Jem,’ beat George Brown and Tom Marsden of Sheffield in 1827, but were beaten in the return match. In 1832 Alfred Mynn played his first important single-wicket match against Thomas Hills, Mynn winning with his wicket standing. Hills said that Mynn bowled at least 50 wides, which seems to prove that the chief bowlers of that day must have been slightly deficient in accuracy. Why in this match the wides were not reckoned is not clear, the rule scoring against the bowler having been put in force some few years before. A return match was played, and Mynn again won, this time in one innings, and Hills retired, satisfied, we suppose, that in Mynn he had found his master.

In 1833 Mynn and Pilch were perhaps the two greatest all-round players, and Marsden of Sheffield in this year challenged the immortal Pilch, who won in one innings and 70 runs. Pilch was not a great bowler, neither was he fast, but Marsden’s style was fast underhand, and Pilch’s bat was too straight for such bowling. In the return Pilch got 78 runs in the first innings and 100 in the second, and won the match by 127 runs. The supremacy of Pilch over Marsden was fully asserted by these two matches, and Marsden must have returned to Sheffield somewhat crestfallen.

Next Marsden may come, though it here must be stated That his skill down at Sheffield is oft overrated.

But the Yorkshiremen, we know, are always proud of their countrymen. Pilch was a great batsman, and we do not feel surprised that he scored so largely against fast underhand bowling.

The ground ought to have been now cleared for a match between Mynn and Pilch, and great would have been the interest if such a game had been played--Voltigeur and The Flying Dutchman would have been nothing to it. The two men belonged to the same county, so probably there was wanting a sufficient motive; but together they would probably have beaten any three other cricketers.

Mr. Mynn next heavily defeated James Dearman of Sheffield twice, in the first match by 112 runs, and again in one innings and 36 runs. Mynn scored 46 in the last innings off 46 hits, which sounds strange, but then, as is recorded naïvely in the ‘Scores and Biographies,’ Mynn was always a great punisher.

Mr. Felix next challenged Mr. Mynn, and he must have been of a sanguine temperament to have done so; for, though perhaps a better bat than Mynn, he was a left-handed lob bowler, a delivery not suited for single-wicket matches. The first game Mynn won in one innings and 1 run, only 9 runs being made in the whole match. In Felix’s second innings Mynn bowled 247 balls for 3 runs. Single-wicket matches had already begun to get out of favour; this was the most important that had taken place for some time, and Squire Osbaldeston was a spectator. In the return Mynn won by one wicket, and this was a small scoring match. Mynn now was left unchallenged, having won all the single-wicket matches in which he was engaged alone. In 1847 Wisden beat Sherman twice. Thomas Hunt of Chesterfield was a great single-wicket match-player, and beat Chatterton, Dakin, Charley Brown, and R. C. Tinley.

Single-wicket playing has been practically dead since 1850, though Hayward, Carpenter, and Tarrant played two matches about the year 1862. The subject possesses only an historical interest now, but in old times it created enormous excitement, and no doubt the pride of the men of Kent in Alfred Mynn was largely owing to his single-wicket prowess. If such matches were played on the smooth wickets of modern times, the fortunate man who won the toss might never be got out all day, and the game would become a burlesque on cricket. Eleven fieldsmen, and not one bowler merely, are now required to get out Mr. Grace and Shrewsbury, and but few wickets are bowled down as compared with the days of fast bowling and rough grounds. When the All England elevens used to tour about the country under the management first of William Clarke and then of George Parr, some of the best bowlers in England were to be found in their ranks. Jackson, Willsher, Furley, Tarrant, and others used often to play, and occasionally when the regular match was over, one of them would earn a cheap sort of notoriety by challenging eleven of the natives at single wicket. Eleven straight balls were sometimes found sufficient to get the eleven out, and one run by the England player gave him the victory. Such matches are absurd, and it is not a matter of regret that they are played no longer.

However, it seems right that a notice of the famous contests of old should have been written, on account of the interest they formerly excited, and on village greens, where eccentricities of ground are to be met with, they may still perhaps be played. But they are a relic of the past.

INDEX

Amateur, M. C. C. definition of an, 356

Australians, the, 74, 88, 188, 189, 207, 215, 258, 259, 273, 276, 285; first matches with English teams in Australia, 313, 322; first match in England, 314; character of Gregory’s eleven, 314; stimulating effect of rivalry on English cricket, 315; doings, of Murdoch’s teams in 1880, 1882, and 1884, 315–318; visit of Scott’s eleven in 1886, 318; McDonnell’s 1888 team, 319; Murdoch again captain in 1890, 320; the eighth team (1893), 321; Trott’s eleven (1896), 321; Giffen, 322; leading batting and bowling averages in test matches with England, 324, 325; Spofforth, 325; reasons for excellence of their bowling, 326; cup contests, 326

Authorities and literature cited:-- Ancient Cities of the New World (De Charnay’s), 2; A Pleasant Grove of New Fancies, 3; Bell’s Life, 274; Bentley’s Cricket Scores, 25; Brand’s Popular Antiquities, 3, 4; Byron, 10; Chapman’s Odyssey, 2, 3; Chesterfield, Lord, 9; Clarke, Charles Cowden, 17; Constitution Book of Guildford, 6, 7; Contes du Roi Gambrinus, 6; Cotgrave’s French and English Dictionary, 5, 6; Cowper, 10; Durfey’s Pills to purge Melancholy, 3; English Game of Cricket (Box’s), 11; Evans, Arthur, 1; Florio’s Italian Dictionary, 6; Gentleman’s Magazine, 11; Gray, 9; Grimston, Hon. Robert, 39, 364; Herrick’s Hesperides, 3; History of Guildford, 6; Huddesford’s Salmagundi, 10; Huddesford’s Wiccamical Chaplet, 10; Jamieson’s Scotch Dictionary, 4; Jerks in from Short-leg (Fitzgerald’s), 28, 263, 267; Johnson, Dr., 3, 9; Juvenile Sports, 27; Knight, 22; Life of the Scotch Rogue, 4; Lillywhite’s Annual, 245; Lillywhite’s Scores and Biographies, 28, 35, 358; Lincoln, Bishop of, 26; Longman’s Magazine, 153, 154; Love’s Cricket, 12, 15; Lyttelton, Hon. E., 245; Mitford’s Our Village, 283; Murray’s English Dictionary, 5; Nyren’s Cricketer’s Guide, 12, 16, 19, 21, 25, 388; Pinder, George, 252; Piozzi, Mrs., 1; Pope, 9, 31; Proctor, R. A., 153; Prowse, 297; Punch, 31; Pycroft’s Cricket Field, 12, 23, 25, 43, 155, 156, 359; Rambler, 5; St. Andrews, Bishop of, 12, 23, 26, 329; Scott, Sir Walter, 294; Skeat’s Etymological Dictionary, 5; Sketches of the Players (Denison’s), 21; the Sporting Magazine, 21; Strutt’s Sports and Pastimes, 3–5; Teonge, Henry, 8; Todd’s Johnson, 5; Tom and Jerry, 281; Walker, John, 277; Walpole, Horace, 9; Ward, Rev. Arthur, 313; Zola’s Germinal, 6

Balls, 195

Barre, tennis-player, 246

Base-ball, 2, 3, 153

Bats, 36, 41, 42

Batsmen, past and present, amateur and professional:-- Abel, 69, 74, 100, 215, 321 Absalom, C. A., 91 Aislabie, 28 Almond, H. H., 32 Anderson, 370 Ash, E. P., 40 Aylward, 16, 24, 389 Bagge, T. E., 370 Baldwin, 100 Balfour, Leslie, 32 Bannerman, A. C., 145, 316, 317, 321 Bannerman, C., 170, 313, 315 Barlow, R. G., 90 Barnes, 68, 358 Bates, 358, 373 Beagley, 36, 359, 360 Beauclerk, Lord F., 20, 23, 24, 36, 359, 360, 389, 390 Beldham, William, 20, 23–25, 35, 36, 389 Bennett, 389 Bentley, 36 Bligh, Hon. Ivo, 32, 170, 241, 273 Board, 38 Bonnor, G. J., 74, 77, 86, 148, 207, 316, 317 Briggs, 88, 357, 358 Broadbridge, James, 36, 390 Brockwell, 321 Brown, Charley, 392 Brown, G., 390 Bruce, W., 179, 318, 321 Bryan, 15 Buchanan, 356 Budd, 20, 36, 359, 360, 390 Buller, C. F., 37, 49, 212 Burbidge, 37 Burgoyne, 68 Burn, 320 Cæsar, Julius, 37 Caffyn, 37, 365 Carpenter, 37, 39, 40, 54, 64, 366, 369, 370, 392 Chalmers, 32 Champain, 38 Charlton, 320 Chatterton, 392 Cheyne, Arthur, 32 Cobham, Lord, 64, 355 Cooper, 37 Daft, Richard, 37, 38, 39, 40, 67, 100, 358, 369, 370 Dakin, 392 Dalkeith, Lord, 295 Darling, 179, 322, 323 Dearman, James, 391 Dickens, Major, 32 Donnan, 69, 322 Douglas, John, 295 Drake, 369 Druce, 323 Emmett, 310 Evans, A. H., 240 Evans, E., 318 Felix, 36, 37, 359, 362, 392 Fennex, William, 25, 36, 389 Flowers, 373 Ford, F. G. J., 53, 56, 73, 86, 179 Forman, William, 297 Freemantle, 21 Fryer, F. E. R., 43 Fuller Pilch, 17, 25, 26, 36, 43, 49, 79, 156, 363, 365, 386, 391 Giffen, G., 74, 148, 207, 316, 317, 321, 322, 324 Golden, 389 Grace, E. M., 51, 278 Grace, G. F., 301, 373 Grace, W. G., 36, 37, 38, 40, 43, 44, 52, 54, 56, 58, 64–66, 73, 81, 85, 86, 90, 97, 98, 117, 130, 148, 164, 183, 196, 212, 213, 214, 216, 254, 262, 263, 267, 278, 313–315, 321, 324, 344, 363, 369, 371–374, 376, 392 Graham, 321 Green, C. E., 309 Greenwood, Luke, 310 Gregory, 314, 315, 320–323 Grey, Jack, 297 Griffith, 37 Grundy, 67, 365, 372 Gunn, 60, 62, 63, 93, 100, 188, 213, 215, 286, 321, 358 Guy, Joseph, 37, 365 Hall, Louis, 83, 101, 145, 343 Hankey, 37, 38, 359, 366, 369 Harris, Lord, 212, 306 Hay Brown, 32 Haygarth, 369 Hayward, 26, 37, 38, 40, 215, 227, 323, 366, 370, 392 Hearne, George, 100 Hearne, Tom, 37, 67 Henderson, E., 32 Hewett, H. T., 179 Hill, Clement, 179, 322–324 Hills, Thomas, 391 Hooker, W., 36 Horan, 170, 315–317 Hornby, A. N., 43, 183, 314 Howard, T. C., 390 Humewood, 390 Humphrey, Richard, 290 Humphrey, Tom, 26, 37, 40 Hunt, Thomas, 392 Iddison, Roger, 263, 310 Iredale, F. A., 322, 323, 324 Jackson, F. S., 40, 85, 214, 215, 321, 354 Jessop, 38, 74, 86 Jones, George, 74 Jones, T. B., 275 Jones, S. P., 316 Jupp, 26 Kempson, 359, 366 Key, K. J., 61, 64, 254, 263 King, R. T., 275, 277, 278 Lambert, W., 25, 36, 389, 390 Lane, 369 Lane, C. G., 37 Law, W., 274, 275 Lear, George, 17 Leslie, C. F. H., 239, 240 Lillywhite, James, 313 Lillywhite, W., 365 Lockwood, 213, 357 Lockyer, Tom, 370 Long, R. P., 364 Lubbock, 37 Lucas, A. P., 66, 196, 373 Lucas, F. M., 179 Lyons, 77, 86, 321 Lyttelton, Hon. A., 92, 373 Lyttelton, Hon. C. G. (now Lord), 37, 40, 64, 371 Lyttelton, Hon. E., 189 McDonnell, P. S., 74, 148, 207, 262, 263, 317–319, 322 McIlwraith, J., 318 Mackenzie, Jack, 32 McLaren, 85, 215, 323, 324, 363 Maitland, 37 Makinson, 370, 371 Marsden, 37, 391 Marshall, R. T., 295 Marshall, Tom, 32 Massie, H. H., 74, 148, 316, 317 Maul, H. C., 56 Mitchell, R. A. H., 37, 40, 62, 64, 370, 371 Mortlock, 37, 268 Moses, 179 Moule, W. H., 316 Murdoch, W. L., 158, 170, 189, 315–320, 324 Mynn, A., 37, 361, 362, 363, 391, 392 Newland, 15 Nichols, 100 Norman, F. H., 37 O’Brien, 61, 86 Osbaldeston, 36, 390, 392 Painter, 101 Palairet, L. C. H., 72, 85 Palmer, G. E., 316 Parr, George, 37, 40, 62, 63, 65, 66, 227, 256, 313, 362, 363, 365–371, 392 Patterson, 66, 373 Pauncefote, B., 56 Peel, 88, 179, 213 Penn, Frank, 46 Philipson, 321 Pilling, 212 Pinder, George, 277, 310 Quaife, W., 100 Quaife, W. G., 100 Ranjitsinhji, K. S., 47, 85, 215, 323, 324 Read, W. W., 40, 117, 213, 214, 318 Ridley, A. W., 212 Robinson, Tom, 389 Rotherham, 373 Rumney, 15 Saunders, 36 Scott, H. J. H., 163, 317, 318 Scott, Hon. J. M., 32, 296, 298 Scott, Lord George, 32, 296 Scotton, W., 179, 358 Searle, 36 Selby, 358 Sherman, 390, 392 Shrewsbury, Arthur, 54, 56, 60, 73, 76, 77, 78, 83, 100, 188, 196, 212, 213, 324, 343, 358, 373, 376, 392 Small, John, 17 Smart, Charles, 281 Smith, 15 Steel, A. G., 32, 56, 73, 76, 78, 86, 324, 376 Steel, D. Q., 66 Stephenson, 37, 313, 370, 371 Stoddart, A. E., 40, 53, 196, 213, 215, 321–325, 327, 376 Storer, 321, 333 Sueter, Tom, 17, 24 Sugg, 100 Tarrant, 392 Taylor, C. G., 37, 362–364 Thornton, C. I., 77 Tinley, R. C., 392 Townsend, 38 Trott, 189, 322, 323 Trumble, J. W., 318 Tufton, Hon. H., 359 Tufton, Hon. T., 359 Tunnicliffe, 100 Ulyett, G., 148 Wakley, Billy, 281 Walker, J., 277, 370 Walker, T., 20, 21, 24, 47, 389 Walker, V. E., 37 Walters, 320 Ward, A., 100, 215 Ward, W., 16, 23, 26, 31, 36, 390 Watson, Charles, 281 Webbe, A. J., 43, 314, 387 Wenman, E. G., 37 Wisden, 392 Wootton, 101, 310, 372 Wyer, Michael Russell, 296 Yardley, W., 43, 56 (_See also under_ University Cricketers)

Batting, art of, 34; shape of bat, 35, 36; choice of bat, 41; rules for the guidance of batsmen, 41; position at wicket, 42–46; Fuller Pilch as a model batsman, 36, 43; W. G. Grace’s attitude, 44; manner of holding the bat, 45; playing fast bowling, 46; position of right foot, 46, 54, 65, 302; pulling a straight fast ball to leg, 47; correct pose of left shoulder and elbow, 48, 54, 71; what to do when the ball is well outside off stump, 48; forward play, 48; how to meet shooters, 50; tactics when playing and unable to smother the ball at the pitch, 51; half-cock stroke, 51; back play, 39, 53; dealing with a very short ball, 54; easy wickets, 56; the hanging ball, 57; the yorker, 57, 129, 130; offensive tactics, 58; the cut, 40, 42, 59; weak-wristed players’ cutting, 61; the leg-hit, 62; hit to square-leg, 39, pushing, 64; the glide, 65; playing a ball on the legs that is not short enough to play back to, 66; the ‘draw,’ 67; snicking a ball off leg-stump, 67; forcing stroke off the legs, 68; off-drive to coverpoint and right hand of point, 68; off balls, 69; half-volley on off side, 71; the hard drive, 72; half-volley on on side, 72; play to fast bowling on soft tricky wickets, 73; hitting on difficult wickets, 74; play to slow bowling, 75; running out to drive, 76; dealing with balls that are well outside the off stump, 78; playing lobs, 78; the pat, 79; how to meet fast or medium-pace balls on soft wickets, 81; running, 83; imitation of great players, 85; temperament, 86; nervousness, 87; rules of health, 88; sleep, 88; over-eating, 88; superstitions of players, 89; number of ways of getting out, 89, 91; hitting twice, 90; picking up the ball while in ‘play,’ 90; obstructing the field, 90; rule for playing off breaks of all paces, 117; timidity with balls on off side, 132; pokey batsman dealing with high-dropping full-pitch ball, 139; when wicket softened by overnight rainfall, 142; mistakes made about the state of the wicket, 146; dealing with left-handed bowlers, 149; left-handed batsmen, 178; W. G. Grace’s counsel on how to score, 299–312. (_See also under_ Bowling)

Betting, 102

Border cricket, 292; character of wicket, 292; trop de zèle, 294; patriotic partiality of umpires, 293; playing for victory rather than cricket, 294; surroundings of grounds,294; batting and bowling, 295; ‘Les Enfants Perdus,’ 295; ‘Eccentric Flamingoes,’ 295; T. R. Marshall, 295; pleasant reminiscences, 296; at the present day, 297; umpiring, 298

Border Cup, 298

Bowlers, past and present, amateur and professional:-- Absolom, 285 Allan, 152, 153, 314, 325 Appleby, 97, 178 Atkinson, 277 Attewell, 48, 88, 149, 212, 215 Barclay, 23, 24, 32 Barker, Tom, 37 Barnes, 358, 373, 386 Barrett, 320 Bates, 207, 258 Bathurst, Sir F., 37, 362, 364, 366, 373 Bean, 357 Beauclerk, Lord F., 23, 24, 359, 389 Beldham, 359, 390 Bennett, George, 39, 76 Bland, 122 Bonnor, 172 Bowley, 160 Box, Tom, 276 Boyle, Cecil, 23 Boyle, H. F., 258, 314, 315, 316, 317, 325 Brand, 390 Brett, Thomas, 17, 23, 24 Briggs, 73, 75, 88, 100, 147, 149, 151, 152, 169, 211, 215, 321, 325, 357, 358 Broadbridge, James, 21, 22, 35, 365 Brown, 357 Brown, George, 365 Browne, 23 Bruce, W., 321 Buchanan, David, 38, 97, 132, 151 Budd, E. H., 26, 35 Bull, 97, 215 Bunch, 181 Butler, 161 Caffyn, W., 357 Carpenter, 26, 227 Christopherson, S., 160 Clarke, William, 23, 37, 75, 79, 154–157, 362, 363, 365, 366, 392 Cobbett, 37, 360, 361 Cooper, W. H., 108 Crossland, 160 Cunliffe, 76, 97, 161 Cuttell, 122, 161 Davidson, 88, 122, 161 Dean, 366 Dryden, Billy, 297 Emmett, Tom, 88, 101, 134, 166, 168, 178, 275, 277, 309, 318 Evans, 74, 135, 161, 325, 373 Felix, 365 Fellows, Harvey, 24, 364, 366 Ferris, J. J., 319, 320, 325 Flowers, 212, 373 Forbes, 172 Ford, A. F. J., 239 Francis, 161 Freeman, 24, 39, 161, 277, 309, 310 Fuller Pilch, 361, 365, 391 Furley, 392 Game, 172, 275 Garrett, T. W., 74, 277, 314–317, 325 Giffen, G., 73, 167, 168, 316, 317, 321, 322, 325 Glassford, Clement, 32, 297 Grace, W. G., 97, 153, 168, 169, 213 Grant, Hope, 24 Greenwood, Luke, 372 Hall, Harry, 25 Hammond, 359 Harris, D., 19–21, 24, 358, 389 Harrison, 160 Hartley, 59 Hearne, A., 59, 116, 122, 212, 215 Hearne, J. T., 161, 325 Hide, J., 357 Hill, Allan, 160, 277, 358 Hillyer, 37, 75, 362, 365 Hirst, 88, 122, 215 Hodgson, 31 Hodswell, 16 Horan, 315, 316 Howard, T. C., 360 Howell, 323, 325 Humphreys, 154, 156, 321 Jackson, 24, 31, 39, 54, 76, 97, 161, 369, 370, 392 Jephson, 154 Jessop, 38, 59, 74, 76, 97, 161 Jones, 59, 174, 322, 323, 325 Kempson, 366, 373 Kendall, Tom, 152 Knight, G., 21, 22 Kortright, 76, 97, 161 Lambert, 17, 18, 23, 359 Lang, R., 24, 268, 274 Leslie, C. F. H., 170 Lillywhite, James, 81, 313 Lillywhite, John, 301, 369 Lillywhite, W., 17, 21, 22, 35, 37, 43, 75, 276, 360–365 Lockwood, 116, 211, 212, 213, 321, 357, 358 Lohmann, 174, 212, 325, 386 Lumpy (Stevens), 12, 18, 24, 388 Lyttelton, Hon. A., 318 Mann, Noah, 18, 358 Marcon, 24 Marsden T., 390, 391 Marsham, C. D., 369, 370 Martingell, 63, 112, 366 Mathews, 360 McDonnell, P. S., 316 McIntyre, Martin, 81 McKibbin, 174, 322 McLeod, R., 321, 323 Midwinter, 315, 317 Miles, Farmer, 280 Minshull, 388 Mold, 116, 122, 161, 164, 211, 212, 213 Morley, Fred., 81, 82, 166, 174, 205, 262, 314, 358, 373 Morton, 161 Mynn, Alfred, 22–24, 26, 37, 75, 275, 276, 360, 361, 362, 364, 365, 366, 386, 391 Noble, 323, 325 Nyren, Richard, 17 Osbaldeston, 23, 390 Palmer, 74, 105, 121, 151, 164, 168, 174, 258, 276, 277, 317, 325 Payne, 369 Peate, 38, 81, 100, 147, 151, 168, 276, 318, 373 Peel, 75, 88, 149, 151, 211, 213, 215, 325 Powys, 24, 161, 268 Rawlin, 88 Redgate, 37, 75, 275, 361 Richardson, 39, 76, 81, 116, 122, 161, 174, 215, 325 Ridley, A. W., 154, 156, 212, 270, 274, 275, 314 Rotherham, A., 160, 164, 373 Rotherham, H., 160 Saunders, 21 Searle, 21 Shaw, Alfred, 38, 76, 81, 82, 100, 115, 121, 131, 147, 205, 212, 289, 309, 314, 364, 372 Shaw, J. C., 152, 289, 301, 358 Shrewsbury, 271 Silcock, 112 Sinclair, 32 Slinn, 31 Smith, 373 Southerton, 81, 115, 276 Spofforth, 23, 98, 120, 121, 133, 134, 148, 149, 162, 164, 167, 172, 174, 185, 189, 241, 258, 268, 277, 310, 314–317, 324, 325, 374 Steel, 373 Stephenson, 369 Stratford, 108 Streatfeild, 97 Studd, 97 Tarrant, 24, 54, 161, 370, 371, 392 Taylor, 366 Thewlis, 358 Thornton, C. I., 181 Tinley, 31, 156 Toppin, C., 160 Trott, 59, 189, 321, 323 Trumble, H., 320–323, 325 Turner, C. T. B., 120, 149, 174, 319, 320–322, 325, 326 Tylecote, 170 Tyler, 38, 75, 147, 276 Ulyett, 160, 277, 373 Vigne, 360 Wainwright, 59, 88, 147, 212, 213, 215 Walker, T., 19, 22, 24, 35, 359 Walker, V. E., 156 Ward, A., 215 Watson, 100, 373 Wells, C. M., 97, 212 Wenman, 361, 365, 366 Wheeler, 357 Whitby, 160 Willes, 19, 21, 22, 96 Willsher, 23, 369–371, 392 Wilson, 97 Wisden, 365, 369 Wood, J. B., 156 Woods, S. M. J., 76, 97, 161, 164, 373 Wootton, 309 Wright, W., 100, 101, 178, 357 Yonge, George, 364 (_See also under_ University Cricketers)

Bowling, art of, 94; present contrasted with past, 95; falling off in amateur, 97; at the public schools, 97, 98; the professional bowler, 98–102, 357; object of the bowler, 102; the four motions of the ball and their intention, 103; the spin from right to left, or leg-break, 104–113; placing fieldsmen for leg-break balls, 107; rotary motion of ball from left to right, or off break, 113; what becomes of likely balls if not well played, 114; break-back, 115, 117, 138; fast off break, 116; playing off breaks, 117; upward vertical spin, 118; downward vertical spin, 118; combinations of spin, 119; change of pace, 119–121; high delivery,122; advantages of slow delivery, 122–127; two exceptions to putting on slows, 124; yorkers, 128, 164; leg half-volleys, 131; good-length ball outside off stump, 131; bowling player off his legs, 133; from different distances, 134; choice of ends, by the slow bowler, 135; taking advantage of peculiarities of time and ground, 136; avoidance of singularity of dress or manner, 137; changing from over to round the wicket, 137; varieties of full-pitch, 138; high-dropping full-pitch, 138; ordinary slow full-pitch, 140; medium-paced full-pitch, 140; how to turn different states of the ground to advantage, 142; long-hops, 145, 146; sodden wickets, 145; the ‘cutting through’ state, 147; the drying state, 147; hard and crumbled wicket, 149; left-handed bowlers, 149–153; balls curling or twisting in the air, 153, 154; under-hand slows, 154; lobs, 156, 209; fast bowling, 158–167; the off break, 162; long run up to wicket before delivery, 162; practising before beginning, 163; straight delivery, 163; value of long stops, 164; leg-stump bowling, 165; bowling over and round the wicket, 165; getting leg bias on a ball, 166; attitude in delivery, 166–168; ‘every cricketer should bowl,’ 170; throwing, 171–175; position of field for fast bowling, 175, 178; dealing with left-handed bats, 178; shooters, 180; fast under-arm bowling, 181; sneaks, 181; rules for bowlers in the field, 182–186; obedience to captain, 182; quick return of bowler to wicket, 183; appeals to umpires, 184; shoes, 184; cutting up the wicket, 184; rules for beginners, 185; training young cricketers, 382. (_See also under_ Batting)

Buccleuch, Duke of, 292, 297

Bunyan, John, playing at cat, 4

Captains, 191; few good, and those amateurs, 187, 188; difficulties of professional, 188; captaincy of the Australians, 189; qualifications for, 189; nervous order, 190; apathetic kind, 190; bowling enthusiasts, 190; duties of, 191; choice of team, 191, 207; putting the other side in first, 191; order of sending men in, 195–197; counsel and encouragement to players, 198; right of captains to order men to get out or to bowl wides to cause or prevent a follow on, 198–203; economising time, 203; educational hints to men, 203; correcting slovenly dress, 204; duties in field, 204; management of the bowling, 204; placing field, 206; duties of captains of University and Public Schools teams, 207; management of school elevens, 209; enforcing practice, 210; what to drink, 210; selection of teams, 211–216; cheerfulness and watchfulness, 216

Cat-and-dog, 4, 5

Clubs:-- All England Eleven, 363; Drumpellier, 32; Eccentric Flamingoes, 295; Free Foresters, 31; Hambledon, 10, 19, 21, 31, 358, 388; I. Z., 31; Melbourne, 313; Old Grange, 32; Richmond, 12; Vine (Sevenoaks), 11; West of Scotland, 32; White Conduit, 27

Country cricket, 280; a rustic match in 1830, 280; dress of period, 280; paraphernalia of the time, 281; a common warlike wind-up of the match, 282; modern village cricket, 282; training of village lads, 283; single wicket, 284; practice before a match, 284; sixpence on the wicket, 285; the thing to ‘burn’ into a young player’s mind, 285; getting and saving runs, 285; management and finance, 286; subscriptions, 286; professional trainers, 284, 286; playing against strong in preference to weak teams, 287; educating the rougher element, 287; introduction of the school element, 288; a captain’s reward, 288; début of Richard Humphrey, 289; expenses, 290; country umpires, 290

Cricket, history of, 1; archæology of the game, 1; Strutt on stool-ball, 3; cat-and-dog, 4; derivation of the word ‘cricket,’ 5; ‘Miss Wicket,’ 7, 11; in Queen Elizabeth’s time, 7, 8; costume of cricketers in 1791, 10; the ball in 1770, 11; curved bats, 11, 24; earliest laws, 12; Mr. Love’s poetical effusion, 15; a ghost at a cricket match, 15, _note_; Hambledon the centre of cricket, 17; Nyren’s Cricketer’s Guide, 16, _et seq._; Lumpy and Noah Mann, 18; David Harris, 19; William Lillywhite, 21, 22; Beldham, 25; rise of the Marylebone C.C., 27; M.C.C. laws, 28; origin of Lord’s, 27, 28; epochs in the history of the game, 31; Scotch cricket, 32; the whole art of batting, 34–93; Fuller Pilch, 36, 43; W. G. Grace as a batsman, 37, 44, _et seq._; C. G. Lyttelton, Humphrey, and Ash, 40; Robert Carpenter, 54; superstitions among cricketers, 89; scientific bowling, 94–186; Willes’ introduction of round-arm bowling, 96; concerning professionals, 98–102; danger of game drifting into a mere monetary speculation, 102; Spofforth, 120, 133, 324, 325, 374; A. Shaw, 121; Tom Emmett, 134; Peate, 151; David Buchanan, 151; Briggs, 151; Mr. R. A. Proctor on bowling, 153; W. G. Grace as a bowler, 169; anecdote respecting W. G. Grace and Briggs, 169; bowling in Australia, 174; the genius who had discovered how to bowl shooters, 181; captains and their functions, 187–216; ‘Pavilion’ criticism, 198; M.C.C. legislation as to following on and declaring innings at an end, 202; Morley’s geographical attainments, 205; selecting representative elevens, 211–216; umpires and their duties, 217–244; a primitive match in Hampshire, 228; the umpire who ‘dussn’t give him out,’ 231; the art of fielding, 245–279; country cricket, 280–291; description of a rustic match in 1830, 280–282; reminiscences of Border cricket, 292–298; W. G. Grace on ‘How to score,’ 299–312; the Australians and their doings, 313–327; matches of English with Australian teams, 313–325; reason alleged for excellence of Australian bowling, 325; anecdote of a famous fieldsman, 327; the University cricket match, 328–355; Bishop Wordsworth’s account of the first Inter-University match, 330–333; the famous two-run success of Cambridge University in 1870, 339; the celebrated six-run victory of Oxford in 1875, 346; the University bowlers, 352; encounters of the Gentleman and Players, 356–374; Alfred Mynn, 361; training young cricketers, 375–385; single wicket, 386–393

Cricket-grounds, Australian, 326

Dex, 1

Dorset, Duke of, 388, 389

Dress, 204, 387

Drink, 210

Fielding, 245; a safe field, 246; directions for, 246; backing up, 247; throwing, 248; deep field, or country catching, 250; wicket-keeping, 251; long-leg, 256; mid-off and mid-on, 257; cover-point, 259; point, 260–262; short-slip, 263; third man, 265; short-leg, 266; long-stop, 267–270; bad, indifferent, and specious fielding, 271; famous fielders, 272–276; celebrated wicket-keepers, 276; young cricketers, 384

Fieldsmen:-- Andrews, 278 Barlow, 170 Bell, F., 278 Bickley, John, 278 Boyle, H. F., 206, 258 Briggs, 278, 325 Burnup, 247 Bury, W., 274, 278 Carpenter, 227, 260, 278 Dench, 365 Diver, A., 268, 278 Douglas, J., 246 Game, 275 Giffen, G., 325 Grace, Dr. E. M., 278 Grace, W. G., 262, 263, 278 Gregory, 278 Gunn, 213, 278, 285 Hartopp, E. S. E., 278 Hildyard, 278 Jones, T. B., 275 King, R. T., 275, 277, 278 Lang, R., 274, 278 Law, W., 260, 274, 275 Lubbock, A., 278 Lyttelton, Hon. C. G., 274 Mansfield, Hon. J. W., 278 Marshall, H. M., 268, 274, 278 Moorhouse, 278 Mordaunt, G. J., 260 Mortlock, W., 278 Palairet, 246 Pickering, W., 275, 278 Pilch, W., 278 Read, W. W., 207 Ridley, 274, 275 Royle, 275, 278, 326 Shaw, J. C., 267 Shrewsbury, 212, 213 Smith, John, 62, 278 Studd, G. B., 258, 278 Sugg, 246 Taylor, Josiah, 281 Thewlis, J., 278 Tinley, R. C., 278 Tobin, F., 268 Wainwright, 247, 278 Walker, J., 277 Walker, V. E., 278 Wright, F. W., 278

Gentlemen and Players, 356; definition of amateur and professional, 356; Mr. W. G. Grace’s share in the matches, 371, 372, 373; supremacy of professionals as bowlers, 357; congestion of professional skill in certain districts, 358; amateurs, 358; the first match, 359; details of matches played, 360–373; Alfred Mynn, 361; the Barn Door Match or Ward’s Folly, 361; William Lillywhite, 362, 364; William Clarke, 362; the year 1846, 363; C. G. Taylor, 363; Fuller Pilch, 365; victories of the Players from 1853 to 1865, 366; in 1857, 369; victories of the Gentlemen, 1866–1879, 372; a tie, 373; the future, 374

Gregory’s Australian team, 314

Grounds:-- Bramall Lane, Sheffield, 271; Brunswick, Hove, Brighton, 301; Bullingdon Green, 328; Clifton College, 308; Cowley Marsh, 328; Fenner’s, 339; Lascelles Hall, 357; Lord’s, 24, 27, 28, 38, 53, 66, 75, 90, 92, 147, 168, 188, 189, 193, 208, 218, 227, 235, 273, 274, 290, 295, 309, 314, 318–320, 328–330, 359, 369–373; Magdalen, Oxford, 328; Oval, 28, 64, 74, 188, 218, 227, 235, 262, 273, 318–320, 329, 369–373

Hambledon, the home of cricket, 17

Hawick, cricket at, 292, 295

Health, 88

Hockey, 2

Kent, cricketing in, in 1830, 280

‘Laws of Cricket’ revised at the ‘Star and Garter’ by a committee of noblemen and gentlemen, &c., 218

Lord, Thomas, founder of Lord’s cricket-ground, 27

McDonnell’s Australian team, 319

Mann, Sir Horace, 389

Marylebone Cricket Club, the parliament of cricket, 27; presidents and secretaries, 28; abolition of rule forbidding ground to be rolled except before each innings, 142; on throwing, 172, 174; on follow-on and declaring innings at end, 202; on definition of amateur, 356

Matches:-- Australians _v._ Cambridge University, 314, 315, 316; _v._ Derbyshire, 315; _v._ England, 169, 194, 262, 271, 315–322; _v._ Gentlemen of England, 168, 314, 315, 316; _v._ Gloucestershire, 314, 315; _v._ Lancashire, 316; _v._ Leicestershire, 314; _v._ M.C.C., 314; _v._ Middlesex, 314; _v._ Nottingham, 314, 315, 316; _v._ Oxford University, 316; _v._ Players, 315, 316; _v._ Surrey, 314; _v._ Sussex, 314; _v._ Yorkshire, 74, 314–317. Cambridge _v._ Oxford, 135, 194, 275, 328–353; Eton _v._ Harrow, 332; Gentlemen _v._ Players, 38, 40, 87, 188, 273, 301, 329, 356–374. Gloucestershire _v._ Kent, 308; _v._ Notts, 306; _v._ Surrey, 86, 307; _v._ Yorkshire, 306. Hambledon _v._ England, 388, 389; Hampshire _v._ England, 389; Kent _v._ All England, 15; _v._ Hambledon, 388, 389; _v._ Hants, 389; _v._ Sussex, 76. M.C.C. _v._ Cambridge University, 86, 92; _v._ Hertfordshire, 28; _v._ Kent, 306; _v._ Oxford University, 87; _v._ Yorkshire, 309. North _v._ South, 38, 90. Notts _v._ Yorkshire, 63. Surrey _v._ Cambridge University, 91; _v._ England, 389; _v._ Kent, 43; _v._ Notts, 289

Maxwell, Mr., 298

Murdoch’s teams of Australian cricketers, 315–318, 320

Nervousness, 87

Nottinghamshire bowlers, 357

Pallamajo, 1

Professionals as a class, 98, 101, 102; prospects of, in their career, 99–101; definition of, 356

Public schools and colleges, bowling at the, 95, 97, 98; captains, 207, 209; elevens, 209; Charterhouse, 330, 354; Cheltenham, 354; Clifton, 354; Eton, 9, 330, 332, 339, 353; Harrow, 330, 353; Marlborough, 354; Repton, 354; Rugby, 151, 330, 353; Shrewsbury, 10; Tonbridge, 354; Uppingham, 164, 354; Westminster, 354; Winchester, 330, 354; Wykeham, 330, 331

Regimen, 210

Rounders, 1, 2

Rustic match, a, in 1830, 280

Scores, how to make good, 299; diet, sleep, and exercise, 299; early training, 300; practice on ground previous to match, 300; testing pads, gloves, and shoes, 301; punctuality at wicket, 302; taking guard, 302; observation of position of field, 302; beginning of innings, 303; avoidance of sharp runs, 303; running out big hits, 304; playing balls too quickly, 304; dealing with thirst, 304; modesty in the hour of victory, 305; differing orders of wickets, 305; a fast, dry, and true wicket, 305; a fast, good, wet wicket, 307; a slow, good, dry wicket, 307; a bumpy wicket, 308; a drying, sticky wicket, 310; dealing with straight balls, 310; valuable hints, 310, 311; playing against odds, 311

Scotch cricket, 32, 194, 230

Scott’s Australian eleven, 318

Shoes, 184, 241

Single wicket, 284, 386; rules, 387; annals, 388–392

Sleep, 88

Smoking, 210

Snob-cricket, 1

Spikes, 184

Stoddart’s English team in Australia, 215, 322–323

Stool-ball, 1–4

Stump-cricket, 1

Superstition among players, 89

Sutton-in-Ashfield, the nursery of bowlers, 358

Temperament, 86

Throwing, 171

Training young cricketers, art of, 375; beginning early, 375; evils of over-coaching, 376, 380; learning to bat, 377–382; duties of the coach, 380; teaching to bowl, 382–384; fielding, 384

Trott’s Australian team, 321, 322

Umpires, 217; none in early days of cricket, 217; scoring by the ‘notcher,’ 217; rules for, in the ‘Laws of Cricket,’ 218; former custom of each side providing its own, 218; present mode of nominating, 219; source from whence drawn, 219; difficulties of, 219; deciding on question of bat or hand touching ball, 219; finality of decisions, 221; in cases of l.b.w., 223; mutinous bowlers, 225; club cricket disputes, 226; at rustic matches, 226–231; folly of giving reasons for decisions, 231; qualifications for, 232; quickness in deciding, 233; powers of concentration, 233; duties of, 234; ground-measuring and placing of stumps, 234; settlement of boundaries, 235; punctuality, 235; position at wicket, 235; crying ‘no ball,’ 236; wide ball, 237; precedence of appeal to, at bowler’s end, 238; bump balls, 239; stumping, 240; fair and unfair play, 241; at striker’s end, 241; use of common sense, 244; country specimens, 290; in Border cricket, 298

Umpires:-- Barker, Tom, 290; Bayley, J., 290; Caldecourt, 290; Good, 290; Ost, 281

Universities, bowling at the, 95, 97; captains, 207, 209, 210; teams, 274

University cricketers (_see also under_ Batsmen _and_ Bowlers): Absalom, 344 Anson, T. A., 334 Ash, E. P., 40 Baily, 339 Balfour, R. D., 334 Bardswell, 334 Barnard, 330, 332 Bayley, 331 Belcher, 340, 343–345 Berkeley, 334, 338, 355 Blacker, 347, 349 Blore, E. W., 336 Booth, 352 Bourne, 340, 342, 343, 345 Briggs, 346, 348 Buckland, 347, 348 Bullock, 335 Butler, S. E., 334, 337, 340, 342, 343, 345, 355 Campbell, 347 Case, 354 Cobden, 337, 340, 342–346 Cunliffe, 334 Curteis, 352 Dale, 340, 341, 346 Druce, F. N., 354 Evans, A. H., 334, 354 Fawcett, E. B., 337 Fellowes, E. L., 334 Fellowes, W., 335 Fiennes, W., 335 Fortescue, 341, 346 Fowler, 352 Francis, 340, 342, 346, 354 Freeman, George, 351 Fryer, 337, 342 Game, 346, 348, 351 Green, C. E., 335 Greenfield, 349 Hamilton, 349 Hill, F. H., 342–345 Inge, 354 Jackson, F. S., 334, 354 Jardine, 335 Jenner, Herbert, 331 Kelcey, 347, 348 Kempson, 355 Kenney, E. M., 334, 336, 354, 355 Key, 335, 336, 354, 355 King, R. T., 335 Lane, C. G., 339, 355 Lang, R., 334, 335, 337, 346, 347, 349, 350, 351, 352, 355 Leslie, 329, 353 Longman, G. H., 339, 347, 349 Lucas, 349, 354, 355 Lyttelton, 349, 350 Lyttelton, Hon. A., 354, 355 Lyttelton, Hon. C. G. (now Lord), 335, 337, 355 Macan, 349–351 Maitland, W. F., 334, 354, 355 Makinson, J., 329, 335, 336, 354 Manning, Henry (Cardinal), 330 Marsham, C. D., 328, 329, 334–336, 344, 352, 355 Mills, W., 334 Mitchell, 335, 336, 352, 354, 355 Money, 337, 340 O’Brien, 329 Onslow, D. R., 337 Ottaway, 339–342, 346, 351, 354 Palairet, 354 Patterson, 346–348, 350 Pauncefote, 340, 341, 344, 346, 353, 354, 355 Payne, A., 335 Pelham, Hon. F. G., 334, 352, 355 Plowden, H. M., 334, 335, 337, 352, 355 Powys, W. N., 334, 339 Pulman, 347, 348, 351 Rashleigh, 354 Raynor, 339 Ridding, A., 328 Ridding, C. H., 328 Ridley, A. W., 338, 346–350, 352, 355 Rock, C. W., 334 Royle, 347–350 St. Croix, W. de, 334 Salter, H. W., 334, 335, 337 Sayres, 336 Scott, 337, 340 Sharpe, 346–349 Sims, 350–352 Smith, 351 Smith, A. F., 340 Stedman, 337 Steel, A. G., 334, 337, 354, 355 Stewart, 343, 344, 345 Studd, C. T., 334, 354, 355 Tabor, 339 Thornton, 337 Tobin, 337 Townshend, 342, 346 Traill, W. F., 334, 355 Tuck, G. H., 334 Tylecote, 339–342, 346, 348, 354 Voules, S. C., 334, 354 Walker, J., 338 Walker, R. D., 328, 329, 338, 354 Ward, 341, 342 Ward, Rev. A. R., 314, 344–347 Ward, Harrison, 340 Warner, 353 Webbe, 346, 347, 350 Wells, 334 Wills, T. W., 329 Woods, S. M. J., 334, 338, 355, 373 Wordsworth (late Bishop of St. Andrews), 329–333 Wright, 336, 355 Yardley, 335–337, 339–341, 344, 345, 346, 353, 354, 355 Yonge, G. E., 336

University cricket-match, the, 328; rules of qualification to play in, 328; advantage of playing on own ground, 329; Bishop Wordsworth’s account of the first Inter-University match, 330–333; results of matches, 333; quality of the bowling, 333, 352; individual scores, 335, 336; celebrated bowlers, 336, 337; Mr. S. E. Butler’s great bowling feat, 337; batting failures, 338; vicissitudes of the contests, 339; the two-run success of Cambridge, 339–346; the six-run victory of Oxford, 346–352; public schools and the University elevens, 353; all-round players, 354

Wicket-keeper, duties of, 209, 219, 220, 251–255

Wicket-keepers:-- Anson, T. A., 275, 276 Blackham, J. M., 268, 276, 277, 316, 317, 320 Box, Tom, 76, 276 Bush, 276 Gay, 276 Hunter, 276 Jarvis, 277 Jenner, Herbert, 276 Kemble, 276 Leatham, 276 Lilley, 276 Lockyer, 276 Lyttelton, Alfred, 240, 276 McGregor, G., 212, 213, 276, 320 Mortlock, 268 Newton, 276 Nicholson, W., 276 Philipson, 276 Pilling, 212, 276 Pinder, George, 276, 277, 309 Plumb, 276 Pooley, 276 Ridding, W., 276 Sherwin, 252, 253, 276 Storer, 215, 276 Tylecote, E. F. S., 276 Tylecote, H. G., 274 Wenman, E. G., 276

Yorkers, 58, 128, 129

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Transcriber’s Note

On page 269:

But though the ball is on the leg side, it is quite possible for the batsman to hit it on the on side, and send it straight to short-slip’s hands, if he only could have been in his proper place.

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But though the ball is on the leg side, it is quite possible for the batsman to hit it on the off side, and send it straight to short-slip’s hands, if he only could have been in his proper place.