Cricket (Steel, Lyttelton)/Index
INDEX.
Amateur, M. C. C. definition of an, 353
Australians, the, 192, 209, 226, 227, 260, 275, 278, 287; first matches with English teams in Australia, 314; first match in England, 315; character of Gregory's eleven, 315; stimulating effect of rivalry on English cricket, 316; doings of Murdoch's teams in 1880 and 1882, 316, 317; Murdoch's 1884 team, 318; visit of Scott's eleven in 1886, 319; batting averages compared with those of English cricketers, 320; Giffen, 322; bowling averages, 322; Spofforth's qualities, 322; reasons for the excellence of colonial bowling, 323; cup contests, 323; waning popularity of cricket in big colonial towns, 324
Bags, 398
Balls, 199, 398
Barre, tennis-player, 248
Base-ball, 2, 3, 157
Bats, 36, 41, 42, 395-398
Batsmen, past and present, amateur and professional:—
- Abel, 76, 90
- Absalom, C. A., 93
- Aislabie, 28
- Almond, H. H., 32
- Anderson, 365
- Ash, E. P., 40
- Aylward, 24, 384
- Bagge, T. E., 365
- Balfour, Leslie, 32
- Bannerman, Charles, 174, 314, 316-318, 320
- Barlow, R. G., 92, 320, 321, 368
- Barnes, 70, 87, 90, 215, 320, 321, 355, 368
- Bates, 53, 60, 216, 368
- Bathurst, Sir F., 359
- Beagley, 36, 356, 357
- Beauclerk, Lord F., 20, 23, 24, 36, 385
- Beldham, William, 20, 23-25, 35, 36, 384
- Bennett, 384
- Bentley, 36
- Bligh, Hon. Ivo, 32, 174, 243, 275, 324
- Bonnor, G. J., 76, 79, 88, 152, 317
- Bowley, 215
- Box, Tom, 77
- Briggs, 215
- Broadbridge, James, 36, 385
- Brown, Charley, 387
- Brown, G., 385
- Bruce, W., 319
- Bryan, 15
- Buchanan, 353
- Budd, 20, 36, 356, 385
- Buller, 37, 214
- Buller, C. F., 49
- Burbidge, 37 Burgoyne, 70
- Caesar, Julius, 37
- Caffyn, 37,
- Carpenter, 37, 39, 40, 55, 66, 363-365, 387
- Chalmers, 32
- Chatterton, 387
- Cheyne, Arthur, 32
- Cooper, 37
- Daft, Richard, 37, 38, 40, 69, 342, 355, 364, 365
- Dakin, 387
- Dalkeith, Lord, 297
- Dearman, James, 386
- Dickens, Major, 32
- Douglas, John, 297
- Drake, 364
- Emmett, 311
- Evans, A. H., 242
- Evans, E., 319
- Felix, 36, 37, 356, 359, 387
- Fennex, William, 25, 36, 384
- Flowers, 90, 368
- Forman, William, 299
- Freemantle, 21
- Fryer, F. E. R., 43
- Fuller Pilch, 17, 25, 26, 36, 43,49, 80, 160, 360, 362, 381, 386
- Giffen, 76, 152, 153, 209,322
- Glassford, 32
- Golden, 384
- Grace, K M., 51, 262, 263, 280
- Grace, G. F., 302
- Grace, W. G., 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 43, 44, 52, 55, 57, 59, 66-68, 75, 83, 87, 88, 92, 100, 104, 121, 152, 168, 187, 200, 214, 215, 256, 264, 265, 269, 280, 314-316, 320, 321, 325, 342, 353, 355, 360, 364, 366-369, 371, 387
- Green, C. E., 310
- Greenwood, Luke, 311
- Grey, Jack, 299
- Griffith, 37
- Grundy, 69, 362, 367
- Gunn, 61, 64, 65, 95, 215, 216, 288, 355
- Guy, Joseph, 37, 362
- Hall, Louis, 71,85, 149,217, 341
- Hankey, 37, 38, 356, 363, 364
- Harris, Lord, 214, 307, 320, 321
- Hay Brown, 32
- Haygarth, 364
- Hayward, 26, 37, 38, 40, 229, 363, 365, 387
- Hearne, George, 90
- Heame, Tom, 37, 69
- Henderson, E,, 22
- Hide, Jesse, 90
- Hills, Thomas, 386
- Hooker, W., 36
- Horan, 174, 316-318
- Hornby, A. N., 43, 187, 315, 391
- Howard, T. C, 385
- Humewood, 385
- Humphrey, Richard, 292
- Humphrey, Tom, 26, 37, 40
- Hunt, Thomas, 357
- Iddison, Roger, 256, 265, 311
- Jones, George, 76
- Jones, J. B., 277
- Jones, S. P., 317
- Jupp, 26
- Kempson, 356
- Key, K. J., 62, 66
- King, R. T., 277,279
- Lambert, W., 25, 36, 384, 385
- Lane, 364
- Lane, C. G., 37
- Law, W. , 276, 277
- Lear, George, 17
- Leslie, C. F. H., 241, 242
- Lillywhite, James, 314
- Lillywhite, V., 362
- Lockyer, Tom, 365
- Lohmann, 90, 217, 368
- Long, R. P., 361
- Lubbock, 37
- Lucas, A. P., 68, 200
- Lucas, F. M., 183, 368
- Lyttelton, Alfred, 53, 94, 368
- Lyttelton, C. G. (now Lord), 37, 40, 66, 366
- Lyttelton, Hon. E., 193
- McDonnell, 76, 152, 209, 264, 265, 318, 319, 360
- Mcllwraith, J., 319
- McKenzie, Jack, 32
- Maitland, 37
- Makinson, 365, 366
- Marsden, 37
- Marshall, R, T., 297
- Marshall, Tom, 32
- Massie, H. H., 76, 152, 317, 318, 320
- Maul, H. C, 57
- Mitchell, R. A. PL, 37, 64, 66, 365
- Mortlock, 37
- Moses, 183
- Moule, W. H., 317
- Murdoch, W. L., 162, 174, 193, 316-318, 320
- Mynn, Alfred, 37, 359, 385, 387
- Newland, 15
- Norman, F. H., 37
- Osbaldeston, 36, 385, 387
- Page, H. v., 40
- Palmer, G. E., 317
- Parr, George, 37, 40, 64, 65, 67, 68, 229, 258, 314, 359, 360, 362-366, 368
- Patterson, 68, 368
- Pauncefote, B. , 57
- Peel, 60, 183, 368
- Penn, Frank, 46
- Pilling, 214, 215
- Pinder, George, 279, 311
- Read, J. M., 321
- Read, W. W., 40, 121, 215, 319, 320, 321
- Ridley, 214
- Robinson, Tom, 47, 384
- Rumney, 15
- Saunders, 36
- Scott, H. J. R, 167, 318, 319
- Scott, Hon. J. Maxwell, 32, 298
- Scott, Lord George, 32, 298
- Scotton, 71, 183, 385
- Searle, 36
- Selby, 355
- Sherman, 387
- Shrewsbury, Arthur, 55, 57, 61, 62, 71, 75, 78, 79, 80, 87, 214, 215, 320, 321, 325, 355, 371, 387
- Sinclair, 32
- Small, 396
- Small, John, 17
- Smart, Charles, 283
- Smith, 15
- Steel, A. G., 32, 57, 75, 78, 80, 87, 88, 320, 321, 371
- Steel, D. Q., 68
- Stephenson, 37, 314, 365, 366
- Stoddart, A. E., 371
- Studd, C. T., 320, 321
- Sueter, Tom, 17, 24
- Tarrant, 387
- Taylor, C. G., 37, 359-361
- Thornton, C. I., 79
- Tinley, R. C, 387
- Townsend, Frank, 391
- Trumble J. W., 319
- Tufton, Hon. H. and T., 356
- Tylecote, E. F. S., 321
- Ulyett, 33, 88, 90, 152, 321, 368
- Wakley, Billy, 283
- Walker, John, 365
- Walker, Tom, 20, 21, 384
- Walker, V. E., 37
- Ward, 23, 26, 31, 36, 385
- Watson, Charles, 283
- Webbe, A. J., 40, 43, 215, 382, 410
- Wenman, E. G., 37
- White, 396
- Wisden, 387
- Woolton, 311, 367
- Wyer, Michael Russell, 298
- Yardley, W., 43, 57
- (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, 42-44, 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, 55, 58, 67; pulling a straight fast ball to leg, 47; correct pose of left shoulder and elbow, 48, 56, 73; what to do when the ball is well outside off stump, 48; forward play, 36, 48; how to meet shooters, 50; tactics when playing and unable to smother the ball at the pitch, 51; halfcock stroke, 52; back play, 39, 53; dealing with a very short ball, 56; easy wickets, 56; the hanging ball, 57; the yorker, 58, 133, 134; offensive tactics, 59; safety plajdng, 60; the cut, 40, 42, 61; weak-wristed players' cutting, 63; the leg-hit, 64; hit to square-leg, 39, 65; pushing, 66; the glide, 67; playing a ball on the legs that is not short enough to play back to or cannot be hit to square-leg, 68; the 'draw,' 69; snicking a ball off legstump, 69; forcing stroke off the legs, 70; off-drive to coverpoint and right hand of point, 70; off balls, 71; half-volley on off side, 73 the hard drive, 74; half-volley on on side, 74; play to fast bowling on soft tricky wickets, 75; hitting on difficult wickets, 76; play to slow bowling, 77; running out to drive, 78; dealing with balls that are well outside the off stump, 80; playing lobs, 80; the pat, 81; how to meet fast or medium-pace balls on soft wickets, 83; running, 85; imitation of great players, 87; temperament, 88; nervousness, 89; rules of health, 90; sleep, 90; over-eating, 91; superstitions of players, 91; number of ways of getting out, 92, 93; fitting twice, 92; picking up the ball while in 'play,' 92; obstructing the field, 92; rule for playing off breaks of all paces, 121; timidity with balls on off side, 136; pokey batsman dealing with high-dropping full-pitch ball, 143; when the wicket is softened by an over-night rainfall, 146; mistakes made about the state of the wicket, 150; dealing with left-handed bowlers, 154; left-handed batsmen, 183; W. G. Grace's counsel on how to score, 300-313. (See in connection, under Bowling)
Betting, 105
Boots, 392
Border cricket, 294; character of wicket, 294; trop de zèle, 294; patriotic partiality of umpires, 295; playing for victory rather than cricket, 296; surroundings of grounds, 296; batting and bowling, 297; 'Les Enfants Perdus,' 297; 'Eccentric Flamingoes,' 297; T. R. Marshall, 297; pleasant reminiscences, 298
Bowlers, past and present, amateur and professional:—
- Absolom, 287
- Allan, 156, 157, 315, 323
- Appleby, 182
- Atkinson, 279
- Attewell, 48, 214, 215, 322, 323
- Barclay, 23, 24, 32
- Barker, Tom, 37
- Barlow, 75, 90, 153, 182
- Barnes, 59, 153, 214, 322, 355, 381
- Barrett, 322
- Bates, 77, 90, 209, 214, 355
- Bathurst, Sir F., 37, 361, 363, 368
- Bean, 354
- Beauclerk, Lord F., 356, 357, 384
- Beldham, 356, 385
- Bennett, George, 38, 78
- Bonnor, 176
- Bowley, 164, 213
- Box, Tom, 278
- Boyle, Cecil, 23
- Boyle, H. F., 315, 316, 317, 318, 322, 323
- Brand, 385
- Brett, Thomas, 17, 24
- Briggs, 90, 155, 156, 173, 213, 354, 355. 368
- Broadbridge, James, 21, 22, 35, 362
- Brown, 17, 354
- Brown, George, 362
- Browne, 23
- Buchanan, 38
- Buchanan, David, 136, 155
- Budd, 357
- Budd, E. H., 35
- Bunch, 185
- Butler, 165
- Buttress, 38, 78
- Caffyn, W., 354
- Caldecourt, 407
- Carpenter, 26
- Christopherson, 164, 165
- Clarke, William, 23, 37, 77, 80, 159-161, 359, 360, 362, 363, 387
- Cobbett, 37, 358, 387
- Cooper, W. H., 172
- Crossland, 164
- Dark, 407
- Dean, 363
- Dryden, Billy, 299
- Emmett, Tom, 90, 104, 138, 170, 172, 182, 195, 277, 279, 310, 319, 322, 323, 359
- Evans, 76, 139, 165, 323, 368
- Felix, 362
- Fellowes, Harvey, 24, 361, 363
- Flowers, 77, 214
- Forbes, 176
- Ford, A. F. J., 241
- Francis, 165
- Freeman, 24, 165, 241, 279, 310
- Fuller Pilch, 358
- Furley, 387
- Game, 176, 277
- Garrett, T. W., 315-318, 322, 323
- Giffen, G., 171, 172, 317, 318, 322, 323
- Glassford, Clement, 299
- Grace, W. G., 157, 172, 173
- Greenwood, Luke, 367
- Hall, Harry, 25
- Hammond, 356
- Harris, David, 19, 21, 24, 355, 384
- Harrison, 164
- Hide, J., 354
- Hill, Allan, 164, 279, 355
- Hillyer, 37, 359, 362
- Hodswell, 16
- Hope Grant, 24
- Horan, 316
- Howard, T. C., 357
- Jackson, 24, 31, 35, 39, 165, 364, 365, 387
- Kempson, 363, 368
- Kendall, Tom, 156
- Knight, G., 21, 22
- Lambert, 17, 18, 23, 356
- Lang, R., 24, 270, 276
- Leslie, C. F. H., 174
- Lillywhite, John, 302, 364
- Lillywhite, W., 17, 20, 21, 35, 37, 43, 77, 357-360
- Lockwood, 355
- Lohmann, 59, 76, 214, 381
- Lumpy (Stevens), 12, 18, 24, 383
- Lyttelton, Hon. A., 319
- Mann, Noah, 18, 355
- Marcon, 24
- Marsden, T., 385, 386
- Marsham, C. D., 364, 365
- Martingell, 65, 116, 363
- Mathews, 357
- McDonnell, P. S., 317
- Mclntyre, Martin, 83
- Midwinter, 316, 318
- Miles, Farmer, 282
- Mills, 354
- Morley, Fred., 83, 84, 170, 207, 264, 315, 322, 355, 368
- Mynn, Alfred, 22-24, 26, 37, 277, 278, 357, 358, 360-363, 383, 386
- Nyren, Richard, 17
- Osbaldeston, 23, 385
- Palmer, 76, 124, 156, 168, 172, 260, 278, 318, 322, 323, 325
- Payne, 364
- Peate, 38, 75, 77, 78, 83, 151, 153, 155, 172, 278, 319, 322, 368
- Peel, 77
- Rougher, 215
- Powys, 24, 165, 270
- Redgate, 37, 277, 358
- Ridley, A. W., 160, 272, 276, 277, 315, 401
- Rotherham, 164, 168, 368, 406
- Saunders, 21
- Searle, 21
- Shaw, Alfred, 38, 78, 83, 84, 125, 151, 192, 207, 214, 291, 310, 315, 322, 323, 361, 367
- Shaw, J. C, 156, 291, 302, 323, 355, 358
- Shrewsbury, 273
- Silcock, 116
- Slim, 31
- Southerton, 83, 278
- Spofforth, 23, 100, 124, 125, 137, 138, 152, 153, 166, 168, 171, 193, 243, 260, 270, 278, 279, 311, 315-318, 322, 323, 325, 369, 406
- Steel, 368
- Stephenson, 364
- Stratford, 172
- Tarrant, 47, 57, 165, 365, 366, 387
- Taylor, 363
- Thewlis, 355
- Thornton, C. I., 185
- Tinley, 31, 160
- Toppin, 164
- Tylecote, 174
- Ulyett, 164, 213, 279, 368, 406
- Vigne, 357
- Walker, 353
- Walker, Tom, 19, 22, 24, 35, 356
- Walker, V. E., 160, 401
- Watson, 77, 368
- Wenman, 358, 362
- Wheeler, 354
- Whitby, 164
- Willes, 19, 21, 22, 98
- Willsher, 23, 364-366, 387
- Wisden, 362, 364
- Wootton, 213, 310
- Wright, W, 354
- Yonge, George, 361
- (See also under University Cricketers)
Bowling, art of, 96; present contrasted with past, 97; falling off in amateur, 99; at the public schools, 99, 100; the professional bowler, 101-106, 354; object of the bowler, 106; the four motions of the ball and their intention, 107; the spin from right to left, or leg-break, 108-116; placing fieldsmen for leg-break balls, III; rotary motion of ball from left to right, or off break, 117; what becomes of likely balls if not well played, 118; break-back, 119, 121, 142; fast off break, 120; playing off breaks, 121; upward vertical spin, 122; downward vertical spin, 122; combinations of spin, 123; change of pace, 123-126; high delivery, 126; advantages of slow delivery, 126-130; two exceptions to putting on slows, 128; yorkers, 132, 168; leg half-volleys, 135; good-length ball outside off stump, 135; bowling player off his legs, 137; from different distances, 138; choice of ends, by the slow bowler, 139; taking advantage of peculiarities of time and ground, 140; avoidance of singularity of dress or manner, 141; changing from over to round the wicket, 141; varieties of full-pitch, 142; high-dropping full-pitch, 142; ordinary slow full-pitch, 144; medium-paced full-pitch, 144; how to turn different states of the ground to advantage, 146; long-hops, 149, 150; sodden wickets, 149; the 'cutting through' state, 151; the drying state, 151; hard and crumbled wicket, 153; left-handed bowlers, 153-157; balls curling or twisting in the air, 157, 158; underhand slows, 158; lobs, 160, 211; fast bowling, 161-166; the off break, 166; long run up the wicket before delivery, 166; practising before beginning, 167; straight delivery, 167; value of long-stops, 168; leg-stump bowling, 169; bowling over and round the wicket, 169; getting leg bias on a ball, 170; attitude in delivery, 170-172; 'every cricketer should bowl,' 174; throwing, 175-178; position of the field for fast bowling, 179-182; dealing with left-handed batsmen, 182; shooters, 184; fast under-arm bowling, 185; sneaks, 185; rules for bowlers in the field, 185-190; obedience to captain, 186; quick return of bowler to wicket, 187; appeals to umpires, 187; shoes to be worn, 188; cutting up the wicket, 188; rules for beginners, 189; training young cricketers, 377. (See in connection, under Batting.)
Buccleuch, Duke of, 294
Bunyan, John, playing at cat, 4
Caps, 390
Captains, 191; few good, and those amateurs, 191, 192; difficulties of professional, 192; captaincy of the Australians, 193; qualifications for, 193; nervous order, 193; apathetic kind, 194; bowling enthusiasts, 194; duties of, 195; choice of team, 195, 209; putting the other side in first, 196; order of sending men into bat, 199-201; counsel and encouragement to players, 202; decision on men getting out on purpose, 202; M. C. C. recommendation on declaring innings at an end, 205; economising time, 205; educational hints to men, 206; correcting slovenly dress, 206; duties in the field, 206; placing bowlers, 207; placing field, 208; duties of captains of University and Public Schools teams, 209; management of school elevens, 211; enforcing practice, 212; what to drink, 212; an illustrative case in selection of team, 213-217; cheerfulness and watchfulness, 217
Cat-and-dog, 4, 5
Clothing, 389-393
Clubs:—All England Eleven, 360; Drumpellier, 32; Eccentric Flamingoes, 297; Free Foresters, 31; Hambledon, 10, 19, 21, 31, 355, 383; I. Z., 31; Melbourne, 314; Old Grange, 32; Richmond 125 Vine (Sevenoaks), 115 West of Scotland, 32; White Conduit, 27
Country cricket, 282; description of a rustic match in 1830, 282; dress of that period, 282; cricketing paraphernalia of the time, 283; a common warlike wind-up of the match, 284; village cricket nowadays, 284; training of village lads, 285; single wicket, 286; practice before a match, 286; sixpence on the wicket, 287; the thing to 'burn' into a young player's mind, 287; getting and saving runs, 287; management and finance, 288; subscriptions, 288; professional trainers, 286, 288; playing against strong in preference to weak teams, 289; educating the rougher element in good manners, 289; introduction of the school element, 290; a captain's reward, 290; début of Richard Humphrey, 291; expenses, 292; country umpires, 292
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, 24, 34-95; Fuller Pilch, 36, 43; W. G. Grace as a batsman, 37, 44, et seq.; C G. Lyttelton, Humphrey, and Ash, 40; Robert Carpenter, 55; scientific bowling, 21, 22, 23, 96-19C; superstitions among cricketers, 91; Willes' introduction of roundarm bowling, 98; concerning professionals, 97-106; danger of game drifting into a mere monetary speculation, 106; Spofforth, 124, 137, 322, et seq.; A. Shaw, 125; Tom Emmett, 138; Peate, 135; David Buchanan, 155; Briggs, 155; Mr. R, A. Proctor on bowling, 158; W. G. Grace as a bowler, 173; anecdote respecting W. G. Grace and Briggs, 173; bowling in Australia, 178; the genius who had discovered how to bowl shooters, 184; 'Pavilion' criticism, 202; M.C.C on declaring innings at an end, 205; Morley's geographical attainments, 207; captains and their functions, 191-217; a pattern eleven, 213-217; umpires and their duties, 218-246; a primitive match in Hampshire, 230; the umpire who 'dussn't give him out,' 233; the art of fielding, 247281; country cricket, 282293; description of a rustic match in 1830, 282-284; reminiscences of Border cricket, 294-299; W. G. Grace on 'How to score,' 300-313; the Australians and their doings, 311-325; early matches of English with Australian teams, 314, 315; reason alleged for excellence of Australian bowling, 323; anecdote of a famous fieldsman, 325; the University cricket match, 326-352; Bishop Wordsworth's account of the first Inter-University match, 328-331; the famous two-run success of Cambridge University in 1870, 337; the celebrated six-run victory of Oxford in 1875, 343; decadence of the Universities in bowling, 349; encounters of the Gentlemen and Players, 353-369; Alfred Mynn, 358; the art of training young cricketers, 370-380; single wicket, 381-388; advice on outfit, 389-399; suggested reforms in the game, 400-412 Cricket-grounds, Australian, 323
Dex, 1
Dorset, Duke of, 383
Dress, 206, 282, 389-393
Drink, 212
Fielding, 247; a safe field, 248; directions for, 248; backing up, 249; throwing, 250; deep field, or country catching, 252; wicket-keeping, 253257; long-leg, 258; mid-off and mid-on, 259; cover-point, 261; point, 262-264; short-slip, 265; third man, 267; short-leg, 268; long, stop, 269-272; bad, indifferent, and specious fielding, 273, 274; famous fielders, 274-278; celebrated wicket-keepers, 278, 279; young cricketers, 379
Fieldsmen:—
- Barlow, 174, 216
- Bell, F., 280
- Bickley, John, 280
- Boyle, H. F., 208, 260
- Briggs, 325
- Bury, W., 276, 280
- Carpenter, 229, 262, 280
- Dench, 362
- Diver, A., 270, 280
- Flowers, 216
- Garratt, 279
- Giffen, G., 322
- Grace, Dr. E. M., 262, 263, 280
- Grace, W. G., 264, 265, 280
- Gunn, 248, 280, 287
- Hartopp, E. S. E., 280
- Hildyard, 280
- Hodgson, 31
- King, R. T., 277, 279
- Lang, R., 276, 280
- Law, W., 261
- Lubbock, A., 280
- Lyttellon, Hon. C. G., 276
- Mansfield, Hon. J. W., 280
- Marshall, H. M., 270, 276, 280
- Mortlock, W., 280
- Pickering, W., 277,
- Pilch, W., 280
- Read, Maurice, 248
- Read, W. W., 209
- Royle, 249, 277, 280, 325
- Shaw, J. C, 269
- Smith, John, 64, 280
- Stoddart, 248
- Studd, G. B., 249, 280
- Taylor, Josiah, 283
- Thewlis, J., 280
- Tinley, R. C.,280
- Tobin, F., 270
- Ulyett, 215, 216
- Walker, V. E., 280
- Wright, F. W., 280
- Wright, V. E,, 280
Gentlemen and Players, 353; definition of amateur and professional, 353; Mr. W. G. Grace's share in the matches, 354, 366, 367; supremacy of professionals as bowlers, 354; congestion of professional skill in certain districts, 355; amateurs, 355; the first match, 356; details of matches played, 357-368; Alfred Mynn, 358; the Bam Door Match or Ward's Folly, 358; William Lillywhite, 359, 361; William Clarke, 360; the year 1846, 360; C. G. Taylor, 360; Fuller Pilch, 362; victories of the Players from 1853 to 1865, 363; in 1857, 364; victories of the Gentlemen from 1866 to 1879, 367; a tie, 368; the future, 369
Gloves, 393
Gregory's Australian team, 315, 316
Grounds:—Bramall Lane, Sheffield, 273, 401; Brunswick, Hove, Brighton, 302; Bullingdon Green, 326; Cowley Marsh, 326; Fenner's, 336; Lascelles Hall, 355; Lord's, 260, 24, 27, 28, 38, 55, 68, 77, 92, 94, 192, 193, 197, 210, 218, 219, 229, 237, 275, 276, 292, 297, 310, 311, 315, 319, 320, 326-328, 330, 356, 364-367, 405; Magdalen, Oxford, 326; Old Trafford, 401; Oval, 31, 66, 76, 192, 219, 229, 237, 264, 275, 319, 320, 327, 364-368, 405
Hambledon, the home of cricket, 17
Hawick, cricket at, 294, 297
Health, 90
Hockey, 2
Jackets, 391
Jerseys, 391
Kent, cricketing in, in 1830, 282
'Laws of Cricket' revised at the 'Star and Garter' by a committee of noblemen and gentlemen, &c., 219
Lord, Thomas, founder of Lord's cricket-ground, 27
Mann, Sir Horace, 384
Marylebone Cricket Club, the parliament of cricket, 27; presidents and secretaries, 28; abolition of rule forbidding ground to be rolled except before each innings, 146; on throwing, 177, 178; on in side being empowered to declare innings at an end, 205, 412; on definition of amateur, 353; on leg before wicket, 408; on increase of balls in an over, 412
Matches:—Australians v. Cambridge University, 315, 316, 317; v. Derbyshire, 316; v. England, 173, 198, 264, 273, 316, 317, 319, 320; v. Gentlemen of England, 172, 315317; v. Gloucestershire, 315, 316; v. Lancashire, 317; v. Leicestershire, 315; v. M.C.C. 315; v. Middlesex, 315; v. Nottingham, 315, 316, 317; v. Oxford University, 317; v. Players, 315-317; v. Surrey, 315; v. Sussex, 315; v. Yorkshire, 76, 315-317. Cambridge v. Oxford, 139, 198, 277, 326, 349; Eton v. Harrow, 330; Gentlemen v. Players, 38, 41, 89, 101, 102, 192, 275, 302, 315, 327, 351, 353-369. Gloucestershire v. Kent, 309; v. Notts, 307; v. Surrey, 88, 308; v. Yorkshire, 307. Hambledon v. England, 384; Hampshire v. England, 384; Kent v. All England, 17; v. Hambledon, 383, 384; v. Hants, 384; v. Sussex, 78. London v. Notts, 291; M.C.C. v. Cambridge University, 88, 94; v. Hertfordshire, 28; v. Kent, 307; v. Oxford University, 89; v. Yorkshire, 310. North v. South, 38, 92; Notts v. Lancashire, 39; v. Yorkshire, 64. Surrey v. Cambridge University, 93; v. England, 384; v. Kent, 43. Sussex v. Kent, 278; Winchester v. Harrow, 28; Yorkshire v. Notts, 39
Murdoch's teams of Australian cricketers, 316-318
Nervousness, 89
Nottinghamshire bowlers, 354
Outfit, 388; shirts, 388; trousers, 389; caps, 390; jackets and jerseys, 391; socks, 392; boots and shoes, 392; pads, 392; gloves, 393; bats, 395-398; balls, 398; bags, 398
Over-eating, 91
Pads, 392
Pallamajo, 1
Professionals as a class, 101, 104, 105; prospects of, in their career, 102-104; definition of, 353
Public schools and colleges, bowling at the, 97, 99, 100; captains, 209, 211; elevens, 211; Charterhouse, 328, 351; Cheltenham, 351; Clifton, 351; Eton, 9, 328, 330, 336, 350; Harrow, 328, 350; Marlborough, 350; Rugby, 155, 350; Shrewsbury, 10; Tonbridge, 321; Uppingham, 168, 351; Westminster, 351; Winchester, 328, 350; Wykeham, 328, 329,351
Reforms in cricket suggested, 400; grounds, 400; evils of big scoring, 401; economy of time, 403, 404; keeping spectators out of ring when innings is over, 405; boundaries, 404; rabbit nets, 405; round-arm bowling, 406; checking big run-getting, 407; leg before wicket, 407-410; umpires, 409; bowlers, 411; declaring innings at an end, 412; increase in the number of balls in an over, 412
Regimen, 212
Rounder, 1, 2
Rustic match, a, in 1830, 282
Scores, how to make good, 300; diet, sleep, and exercise, 300; early training, 301; practice on ground previous to match, 301; testing pads, gloves, and shoes, 302; punctuality at wicket, 303; taking guard, 303; observation of position of field, 303; beginning of innings, 304; avoidance of sharp runs, 304; running out big hits, 305; playing balls too quickly, 305; dealing with thirst, 305; modesty in the hour of victory, 306; differing orders of wickets, 306; a fast, dry, and true wicket, 306; a fast, good, wet wicket, 308; a slow, good, dry wicket, 308; a bumpy wicket, 309; a drying, sticky wicket, 311; dealing with straight balls, 311; divers valuable hints, 311, 312; playing against odds, 312
Scotch cricket, 32, 198, 232
Scott's Australian eleven, 319
Shirts, 388
Shoes, 188, 243, 392
Single wicket, 286, 381; rules, 382; annals of the game, 383-387
Sleep, 90
Smoking, 212
Snob cricket, 1
Socks, 392
Spikes, 188
Stool ball, 1-4
Stump-cricket, 1
Subscriptions, 288
Superstition among players, 91
Sutton-in-Ashfield, the nursery of bowlers, 355
Sweaters, 391
Temperament, 89
Throwing, 175
Training young cricketers, art of, 370; beginning early, 370; evils of over-coaching, 371, 375; learning to bat, 372377; duties of the coach, 375; teaching to bowl, 377-380; fielding, 379
Trousers, 389
Umpires, 218; none in early days of cricket, 218; scoring by the 'nolcher,' 218; rules for, in the 'Laws of Cricket,' 219; former custom of each side providing its own, 219; present mode of nominating, 220; source from whence drawn, 220; difficulties of, 220; deciding on question of bat or hand touching ball, 220; finality of decisions, 222; in cases of l. b. w., 224, 409; recalcitrant Australians, 227; mutinous bowlers, 228; club cricket disputes, 228; at rustic matches, 229-233; folly of giving reasons for decisions, 233; qualifications for, 234; indispensableness of good sight and hearing, 235; quickness in deciding, 235; powers of concentration, 235; duties of, 236; ground measuring and placing of stumps, 236; settlement of boundaries, 237; punctuality, 237; position at wicket, 237; crying 'no ball,' 238; wide ball, 239; precedence of appeal to, at bowler's end, 240; bump balls, 241; stumping, 242; fair and unfair play, 243; at striker's end, 243; use of common sense, 246; country specimens, 292
Umpires:—Barker, Tom, 292; Bayley, John, 292; Caldecourt, 292, 407, 408, 411; Dark, 407, 408, 411; Good, 292; Ost, 283
Universities, bowling at the, 97, loi; captains, 209, 211, 212; teams, 276
University cricketers (see also under Batsmen and Bowlers):
- Absalom, 342
- Anson, T. A., 332
- Baily, 336
- Balfour, R. D., 332
- Barnard, 328, 330
- Bastard, 332
- Bayley, 329
- Belcher, 337, 341, 342
- Blacker, 344, 346
- Blore, E. W., 334
- Booth, 349
- Bourne, 337, 340, 341
- Briggs, 343, 345
- Buckland, 332, 344. 345
- Bullock, 332
- Butler, 335, 337, 340, 341
- Campbell, 344
- Case, 350
- Cobden, 335, 337, 340-343
- Cochrane, 332
- Curteb, 349
- Dale, 337, 338, 343
- Evans, A. H., 332
- Fawcett, E, B., 335
- Fellowes, E. L., 332
- Fellowes, W., 333
- Fiennes, W., 333
- Ford, A. F. J., 332
- Forster, 332
- Fortescue, 339, 343
- Fowler, 349
- Francis, 337, 339, 343, 350
- Freeman, George, 348
- Fryer, 335, 339
- Game, 343, 345, 348
- Greenfield, 346
- Hamilton, 346
- Hill, F. H., 339-342
- Jenner, Herbert, 329
- Kelcey, 344, 345
- Kempson, 351
- Kenney, E. M., 332, 334, 350, 351
- Key, 333, 351
- Lane, C. G., 336,
- Lang, R., 332, 333, 334, 343, 344, 346, 347, 348, 351
- Leslie, 327, 350
- Longman, G. H., 336, 337, 344, 346
- Lucas, 346, 351
- Lyttelton, 346, 347
- Lyttelton, A., 351
- Lyttelton, Hon. C. C. (now Lord), 333, 335, 336, 351
- Macan, 346-348
- Maitland, W. F., 332
- Makinson, J, 327, 333, 334, 351
- Manning, Henry (Cardinal), 328
- Marsham, C. D., 326, 327, 333-334, 340, 342, 351
- Mills, W., 332
- Mitchell, 333, 334, 349, 351
- Money, 335, 337
- Morton, P. H., 332
- O'Brien, 327
- Nepean, 332
- Onslow, D. R., 335
- Ottaway, 337-340, 343, 348, 351
- Patterson, 343-345, 347
- Pauncefote, 337, 339, 342, 343, 350, 351
- Payne, A., 333
- Peake, 332
- Pelham, Hoa F. G., 332, 349
- Plowden, H. M., 332, 333, 335, 351
- Powys, W. N., 332, 337
- Pulman, 344, 345, 348
- Raynor, 336
- Ridding, A., 326
- Ridding, C. H., 326
- Ridley, A. W., 336, 343-347, 349, 351
- Rock, C. W., 331, 332
- Royle, 344-347
- St. Andrews, Bishop of, 328
- Salter, H. W., 332, 333, 335
- Sayres, 334
- Scott, Lord George, 333, 335, 337
- Sharpe, 343-346
- Sims, 347-349
- Smith, 348
- Smith, A. F., 337
- Smith, C. A., 332
- St. Croix, W. de, 332
- Stedman, 335
- Steel, A. G., 331, 332, 334, 351
- Stewart, 341, 342
- Studd, C. T., 331, 332, 351
- Tabor, 336
- Thornton, 335
- Tobin, 335
- Townshend, 339, 343
- Traill, W. F., 332, 351
- Tuck, G. H., 332
- Tylecote, 337, 339, 343, 345
- Voules, S. C, 332
- Walker, J., 335
- Walker, R. D., 326, 327, 336
- Ward, 339
- Ward, Rev. A. R., 342-344
- Ward, Harrison, 337
- Webbe, 343, 344, 347
- Whitby, 332
- Wills, T. W., 327
- Wright, 333
- Yardley, 332-335, 337, 338, 343, 350, 351
- Yonge, G. E., 334
University cricket-match, the, 326; rules of qualification to play in, 326; advantage of playing on own ground, 327; Bishop Wordsworth's account of the first inter-University match, 328-331; results of matches, 331; indifferent bowling, 331; individual scores, 332, 333; celebrated bowlers, 334, 335; Mr. S. E. Butler's great bowling feat, 335; batting failures, 336; vicissitudes of the contests, 336; description of the two-run success of Cambridge, 337-343; details of the six-run victory of Oxford, 343-349; standing of the public schools in regard to University elevens, 350; all-round players, 351 Wicket-keeper, duties of, 211, 221, 222, 253-257
Wicket-keepers:—
- Anson, T. A., 277, 278
- Blackham, J. M., 270, 278, 279, 317
- Box, Tom, 278
- Bush, 278
- Jarvis, 279
- Jenner, Herbert, 278
- Leatham, 278
- Lockyer, 278
- Lyttelton, Alfred, 242, 278
- Mortlock, 270
- Newton, 278
- Nicholson, W., 278
- Pilling, 214, 215, 278
- Pinder, George, 278, 279, 310
- Plumb, 278
- Pooley, 278
- Ridding, W., 278
- Sherwin, 214, 255, 278
- Tylecote, E. F. S., 278
- Tylecote, H. G., 276
- Wenman, E. G., 278
Yorkers, derivation of name, 133
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