wicket the first essential, 49; hints to beginners, 49; a suitable bat, 50; position at the wicket, 50; where the weight should fall, 51; forward play, 53-58; the secret of forward play, 53, 54; how to play a good length ball, 53, 54; the off drive, 54, 55, 57; the "half-cock" stroke, 56; the forcing forward stroke, 57; offensive forward play, 57; back play, 58-63; moving the right leg, 58, 59; the golden rule for back play, 60; a good rule on a sticky wicket, 61; the hook stroke, 62; the back glance, 63; the forward glance, 63, 64; the leg hit, 64; the square leg hit, 64; the pull, 65; the straight half volley, 66; how to drive, 66; the on-drive, 67; the three classes of cut, 67; the forward cut, 67; the square cut, 68; the late cut, 68; the "chop." 69; when to play forward, 69; how to play to fast and slow bowling, 70; jumping out to hit, 70; playing lobs, 70; the "hitting or long-handle game," 71; playing on a sticky wicket, 72; running, 73-76; want of confidence, 75; superstitions, 75, 76; enthusiasm in cricket, 77
Beauclerk, Lord Frederick, 19, 22, 28
Beginners, hints to, 49, 50, 52, 53, 55,84
Belcher, Mr. T. H., 312
Beldham, 13, 19, 22, 28, 40, 172; quoted, 14, 15, 21, 22, 30, 38, 39, 40,44
Bentley, 14, 16, 22
Berkeley, Mr. G. F. H., 331 Betting on cricket, influence of, 11, 13; single-wicket matches, 21; "leg-work," 22; selling matches, 23; Beldham on betting, 24, 25, 153
Beverley Club, 349
Bignall, 214
Birmingham, 279
Bisset, Mr. Murray, 402, 404
Blackham, 220, 223, 231, 234, 257
Bland, James, 21, 23
Bligh, the Hon. Ivo, 317
Block-hole, the, 31, 32
Blore, Mr. E. W., 304
Blythe, 69, 284, 285
Board, J. H., 127, 173, 273, 396
Bonnor, G. J., 228, 231, 234, 321, 354
Booth, Mr. Clement, 307, 308
Bosanquet, Mr. B. J. T., 336, 360, 390, 391, 410
Bourne, Mr. A., 311
Bowling, 30; advantages of, 80, 81; lob bowlers, 84; slow bowlers, 85, 86; Nepean, 87; C. M. Wells, 88; his fast ball, 89; delivery, 90; holding the ball, 90-91; C. L. Townsend, 92; Johnny Briggs, 93; Peel, 95, 96; Rhodes, 96; Wainwright, 98; Trott, 99; Tyler, 100; leg-break bowlers, 101; medium bowlers, 101, 102; George Lohmann, 102; description of Lohmann's bowling by C. B. Fry, 103; Jack Hearne, 105; Attewell and Mead, 105; Hallam, 106; Alfred Shaw, 106; George Davidson, 107; Tate, 107; F. S. Jackson, 108; R. F. Mason, 108; fast bowlers—Tom Richardson, 109, 110; Lockwood, no; exhibition of fast bowling at the Oval, 111; Arthur Mold. 112; George Hirst, 113; Sam Woods, 113, 114; W. M. Bradley, 115; "lobsters," 115, 116; great difference between professional and amateur, 208, 209
Bowls, the game of, 33
Boxshall, 414
Boyle, 222, 224 231, 234, 238
Bradley, W. M., 57, 115, 176, 209, 281, 360
Brain, Mr. J. H., 346, 358
W. H., 328
Braund, 64, 101, 214, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 405
Mr., 27
Bray, Mr. E. H., 332, 334
Briggs, Johnny, 93, 94, 106, 178, 240, 242, 243, 245, 251, 253, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 263, 273, 276, 281
Britton-Holmes, Everard, 358
Broadhalfpenny, 20
Brockwell, W., 251, 256, 257, 258, 260, 264
Brown, J. T., 251, 253, 256, 258, 264, 265, 269
Brown, 20,
