150; early county cricket, 1525 betting, 153; some early matches, 154; in the north, 1555 notes on the early half of the century, 156, 157; a trio of matches between Sussex and England, 156; wides and no-balls, 156; arrangement of matches, 157; establishment and formation of county clubs, 158, 159; the All England and United All England Elevens, 158-160; classification of counties, 160, 161, 167, 168; arrangement of meetings, 161; rivalry of clubs, 161, 162; the Challenge Cup offered by the M.C.C., 162; list of the champion counties, 163; system of reckoning the order, 164; connection between the Marylebone Club and the counties, 165, 166; history of the various first-class counties, 169-192
Cricket, earlier Australian, the first English teams to visit Australia, 217, 218; first Australian team to visit England, 218; match against Marylebone, 219; the 1878 Eleven, 219; Spofforth, 220; his early methods, 221; wicket-keepers and fielders, 222; visit of Lord Harris's Eleven in 1870, 224; the second Australian Eleven, 225; Palmer, 225, 226; Macdonnell, 226, 227; match against picked England Eleven, 229; visit of Alfred Shaw's Eleven in 1881, 230; the Australian Eleven of 1882, 230; decline of form from 1884-1894, 231; visit of Earl Darnley's team to Australia in 1882, 232-234; difficulties of touring, 235; the cricket grounds, 235; the Australian Eleven of 1884, 236, 237; Australian cricket at its highest point, 238; an English Eleven under Alfred Shaw visits Australia, 239; the Australian Eleven of 1886, 239; signs of deterioration visible, 240-241; visit of professionals to Australia under Shaw and Shrewsbury, 242; teams under G. F. Vernon and Shrewsbury visit Australia in 1887-88, 242; the Australian Eleven of 1890, 243, 244; visit of Lord Sheffield's Eleven to Australia, 1891-92,245; Australian Eleven of 1893, 246; the English representatives, 247; influence of the interchange of visits on English cricket, 249
Cricket, English and Australian from 1894- 1902, 251; visit of Mr. Stoddart's team to Australia, 1894, 251; match at Adelaide, 252, at Melbourne, 254; match with New South Wales, 255; with (Queensland, 256; the first test at Sydney, 256-259; second test match at Melbourne, 259 5 third test match at Adelaide, 261; fourth test match at Sydney, 261; the final test game at Melbourne, 263; visit of the Australians to England in 1896, 265; H. Trott as captain, 266; the first test match at Lord's, 268; the second test match at Manchester, 269; the deciding match at the Oval, 271; increased pay for professionals, 273; visit of A. E. Stoddart's second team to Australia, 273; postponement of the first test at Sydney, 273; the second test match at Melbourne, 275; the third test match at Adelaide, 276; the fourth test match at Melbourne, 277; the last test, 278; visit of Darling's team to England, 279; the first test at Birmingham, 279; the second test at Lord's, 280; the third test at Leeds, 281; the fourth test at Manchester, 281; the fifth test at the Oval, 282; visit of Maclaren's team to Australia, 284; the first test at Sydney, 284; the second test at Melbourne, 285; the third test at Adelaide, 286; the fourth test at Sydney, 287; the last match at Melbourne, 287; visit of Joe Darling's team in 1902, 288; the test matches, 292; the test at Birmingham, 292; the test match at Lord's, 293; test match at Manchester, 294
foreign, 381; tours abroad, 381; the financial question, 382; the West Indies, 383-389; America, 389-393;
