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.

has been changed to:

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.