Cricket

About this eBook

Author

Lyttelton, R. H. (Robert Henry), 1854-1939

Credits

Produced by MWS, Fay Dunn and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

GV: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Recreation, Leisure

Subject

Cricket

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 52684

Release Date

July 31, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.CRICKET — Transcriber’s Note
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.THE BADMINTON LIBRARY.
4. 4.Cricket
5. 5.Untitled
6. 6.BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE.
7. 7.DEDICATION TO H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES.
8. 8.PREFACE.
9. 9.CONTENTS.
10. 10.ILLUSTRATIONS. — FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS. — ILLUSTRATIONS IN TEXT.
11. 11.CHAPTER I. THE HISTORY OF CRICKET.
12. 12.M.C.C. — Summary — FOOTNOTES:
13. 13.CHAPTER II. BATTING. ( By the Hon. R. H. Lyttelton. )
14. 14.CHAPTER III. BOWLING: BY A. G. STEEL.
15. 15.CHAPTER IV. CAPTAINCY. ( By A. G. Steel. )
16. 16.CHAPTER V. UMPIRES. ( By A. G. Steel. ) — FOOTNOTES:
17. 17.CHAPTER VI. FIELDING. [33] ( By the Hon. R. H. Lyttelton. ) — BACKING UP. — THROWING. — DEEP FIELD, OR COUNTRY CATCHING. — WICKET-KEEPER. — LONG-LEG. — MID-OFF AND MID-ON — COVER-POINT — POINT. — SHORT-SLIP — THIRD MAN. — SHORT-LEG — LONG-STOP. — — FOOTNOTES:
18. 18.CHAPTER VII. COUNTRY CRICKET. ( By F. Gale. )
19. 19.CHAPTER VIII. BORDER CRICKET. ( By Andrew Lang. ) — FOOTNOTES:
20. 20.CHAPTER IX. HOW TO SCORE. ( By W. G. Grace. )
21. 21.CHAPTER X. THE AUSTRALIANS. ( By A. G. Steel. )
22. 22.CHAPTER XI. THE UNIVERSITY CRICKET MATCH. ( By the Hon. R. H. Lyttelton. ) — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER XII. GENTLEMEN AND PLAYERS. ( By the Hon. R. H. Lyttelton. )
23. 23.CHAPTER XIII. THE ART OF TRAINING YOUNG CRICKETERS. ( By R. A. H. Mitchell. )
24. 24.CHAPTER XIV. SINGLE WICKET. ( By the Hon. R. H. Lyttelton. )
25. 25.INDEX — Transcriber’s Note

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