EDITORS' PREFACE.

POSTSCRIPTS.

CONTENTS.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHAPTER I. BATTING AND RUNNING. I. INTRODUCTORY.

CHAPTER II. BOWLING.

CHAPTER III. FIELDING AND THROWING-IN.

CHAPTER IV. NOTES ON WICKET-KEEPING, CAPTAINING, IMPLEMENTS.

CHAPTER V. THE IMPORTANCE OF ALL-ROUNDNESS IN CRICKET.

CHAPTER VI. FAULTS IN PLAY AND PRACTICE.

CHAPTER VII. GENERAL TRAINING FOR CRICKET.

CHAPTER VIII. SPECIAL EXERCISES AND NOTES ON PRACTICE.

CHAPTER IX. FALLACIES OF THEORISTS AND OTHERS.

CHAPTER X. MERITS OF CRICKET.

CHAPTER XI. SUGGESTED REFORMS.

APPENDICES APPENDIX I. THE EDITOR'S DEFENCE OF THIS SYSTEM FOR BEGINNERS AND OTHERS.

The Cricket of Abel, Hirst,
and Shrewsbury

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