Chapter I: Front Matter

Transcriber’s Note

In this text version of “Cricket”: Words in italics are marked with _underscores_. Words in small capitals are shown in UPPER CASE.

The three asterisks which mark the note at the end of Chapter I, were originally printed as an inverted asterism.

Full page figures have been moved near to the text they illustrate. Figures in the text have been moved to the start or end of the paragraph.

In the ‘Likely balls’, and ‘Off breaks’ diagrams, the ball positions are lettered from left to right.

Footnotes have been moved to the end of chapters.

Variant spelling and inconsistent hyphenation are retained, in a few cases, missing punctuation has been added for consistency, e.g. to match quotation marks. A few palpable printing errors have been corrected.

Other changes that have been made are listed at the end of the book.

The Badminton Library

OF

SPORTS AND PASTIMES

EDITED BY

HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT, K.G.

ASSISTED BY ALFRED E. T. WATSON

_CRICKET_

THE BADMINTON LIBRARY.

28 Volumes. Crown 8vo. 10s. 6d. each volume.

ARCHERY. By C. J. LONGMAN, Col. H. WALROND, &c. 195 Illustrations and
2 Maps.

ATHLETICS. By MONTAGUE SHEARMAN. 51 Illustrations.

BIG GAME SHOOTING. By C. PHILLIPPS-WOLLEY, &c.

Vol. I.--AFRICA AND AMERICA. 77 Illustrations. Vol. II.--EUROPE,
ASIA, AND THE ARCTIC REGIONS. 73 Illustrations.

BILLIARDS. By Major W. BROADFOOT, R.E. 29 Illustrations and numerous
Diagrams.

COURSING AND FALCONRY. By HARDING COX and the Hon. GERALD LASCELLES.
76 Illustrations.

CRICKET. By A. G. STEEL and the Hon. R. H. LYTTELTON. 65
Illustrations.

CYCLING. By the Earl of ALBEMARLE and G. LACY HILLIER. 59
Illustrations.

DANCING. By Mrs. LILLY GROVE, F.R.G.S., &c. 131 Illustrations.

DRIVING. By the Duke of BEAUFORT. 65 Illustrations.

FENCING, BOXING, AND WRESTLING. By WALTER H. POLLOCK, F. C. GROVE, C.
PREVOST, &c. 42 Illustrations.

FISHING. By H. CHOLMONDELEY-PENNELL.

Vol. I.--SALMON, TROUT, and GRAYLING. 158 Illustrations.

Vol. II.--PIKE and other COARSE FISH. 132 Illustrations.

GOLF. By HORACE HUTCHINSON, the Right Hon. A. J. BALFOUR, M.P., &c.
89 Illustrations.

HUNTING. By the Duke of BEAUFORT, K.G., and MOWBRAY MORRIS. 53
Illustrations.

MOUNTAINEERING. By C. T. DENT, Sir W. M. CONWAY, &c. 108
Illustrations.

POETRY (THE) OF SPORT. Edited by HEDLEY PEEK. 106 Illustrations.

RACING AND STEEPLECHASING. By the Earl of SUFFOLK AND BERKSHIRE, W.
G. CRAVEN, &c. 58 Illustrations.

RIDING AND POLO. By ROBERT WEIR, J. MORAY BROWN, &c. 59 Illustrations.

ROWING. By R. P. P. ROWE and C. M. PITMAN. With Chapters on Steering,
Metropolitan Rowing, and on PUNTING. With 75 Illustrations.

SEA-FISHING. By JOHN BICKERDYKE, W. SENIOR, Sir H. W. GORE BOOTH,
Bart., and A. C. HARMSWORTH. 197 Illustrations.

SHOOTING. By Lord WALSINGHAM and Sir RALPH PAYNE-GALLWEY, Bart.

Vol. I.--FIELD AND COVERT. 105 Illustrations.

Vol. II.--MOOR AND MARSH. 65 Illustrations.

SKATING, CURLING, TOBOGGANING, &c. By J. M. HEATHCOTE, C. G. TEBBUTT,
&c. 284 Illustrations.

SWIMMING. By ARCHIBALD SINCLAIR and WILLIAM HENRY. 119 Illustrations.

TENNIS, LAWN TENNIS, RACKETS, AND FIVES. By J. M. and C. G.
HEATHCOTE, &c. 79 Illustrations.

YACHTING. By Lord BRASSEY, the Earl of ONSLOW, &c.

Vol. I.--CRUISING, CONSTRUCTION, RACING RULES, &c. 114 Illustrations.

Vol. II.--YACHTING IN AMERICA AND THE COLONIES, RACING, &c. 195
Illustrations.

LONGMANS, GREEN, & CO. 39 Paternoster Row, London and Bombay.

CRICKET

BY
A. G. STEEL
AND THE
HON. R. H. LYTTELTON

WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY
A. LANG, W. G. GRACE, R. A. H. MITCHELL, AND F. GALE

_WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS AFTER LUCIEN DAVIS
AND FROM PHOTOGRAPHS_

Sixth Edition, thoroughly revised

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
AND BOMBAY

1898

_All rights reserved_

_BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE._

_First Edition, June 1888; Reprinted August 1888, January 1889, September 1890. New Edition, thoroughly revised and with additions, December 1893. New Edition, thoroughly revised and with additions, July 1898._

_DEDICATION TO H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES._

BADMINTON: _June, 1888_.

Having received permission to dedicate these volumes, the BADMINTON LIBRARY of SPORTS and PASTIMES, to HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, I do so feeling that I am dedicating them to one of the best and keenest sportsmen of our time. I can say, from personal observation, that there is no man who can extricate himself from a bustling and pushing crowd of horsemen, when a fox breaks covert, more dexterously and quickly than His Royal Highness; and that when hounds run hard over a big country, no man can take a line of his own and live with them better. Also, when the wind has been blowing hard, often have I seen His Royal Highness knocking over driven grouse and partridges and high-rocketing pheasants in first-rate workmanlike style. He is held to be a good yachtsman, and as Commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron is looked up to by those who love that pleasant and exhilarating pastime. His encouragement of racing is well known, and his attendance at the University, Public School, and other important Matches testifies to his being, like most English gentlemen, fond of all manly sports. I consider it a great privilege to be allowed to dedicate these volumes to so eminent a sportsman as His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and I do so with sincere feelings of respect and esteem and loyal devotion.

BEAUFORT.