Cricket :: ILLUSTRATIONS.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

(Engraved by J.D. Cooper and R.B. Lodge, after Drawings by Lucien Davis, and Photographs by G. Mitchell, Martin & Tyler, and Medrington & Co.)

Decoration

FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS.

	ARTIST
Caught and Bowled	Lucien Davis	Frontispiece
A Young Cricketer	From a picture ascribed to Gainsborough, belonging to the M.C.C.	Tofacep.	1
Cricket	After Hayman’s picture, belonging to M.C.C.		12
Royal Academy Club in Marylebone Fields			28
Caught at the Wicket	Lucien Davis		68
Run Out			198
A.E. Stoddart	From a photograph		212
Country Cricket (Mitcham)	Lucien Davis		280
M.C.C. and Ground v. Australians, Lord’s, May 22, 1884			308
The Critics			324
The Interval			348
Kennington Oval, 1854			366
Our National Game	Lucien Davis		376

ILLUSTRATIONS IN TEXT.

	ARTIST	PAGE
Vignette on Title-page	Lucien Davis
‘Miss Wicket’	From an old print, 1770	7
The Champion	Lucien Davis	34
W.G. Grace ready to receive the ball		44
Forward Play	From a photograph	50
‘Half-cock,’ or over the crease play		52
‘Back-play’ to a bumping ball		55
Gunn Cutting		59
Shrewsbury Cutting		60
Old-fashioned Sweep to Leg (Gunn)		62
Square-leg Hit (W.G. Grace)		64
‘The Glide’ (W.G. Grace)		66
Forcing Stroke off the legs		68
Off Drive		70
Running out to Drive (Shrewsbury)		77
Gunn playing Forward		93
‘The Demon Bowler’	Lucien Davis	94
The Leg-break Diagram		110
Position of Field if Bowling on Leg side		111
The Leg-break	From a photograph	113
Likely Balls; and what may become of them if not correctly played		114
The Off Break	From a photograph	116
‘Off Breaks’		117
Slow Ball		123
Fast Ball		123
A Hot Return	From a photograph	127
A Pokey Batsman dealing with a high-dropping full-pitch		139
Low Delivery		167
Doubtful Delivery		174
The Field for a Fast Right-arm Bowler		176
The Field for a Fast Left-arm Bowler		177
Going in	Lucien Davis	187
Eton v. Harrow		208
At Wicket after Bowling	From a photograph	214
‘Guard, please, Umpire’	Lucien Davis	217
A Clear Case	From a photograph	224
‘You must go, Jack’		229
Stumped	Lucien Davis	243
‘Saving the Four’		245
Backing up		247
‘Overtaking and Picking up’	From a photograph	249
The Right Way to Catch		250
The Wrong Way to Catch		251
Wicket-keeper—Sherwin in position		252
Wicket-keeper—another position		254
Hit to Square-leg	Lucien Davis	256
Point	From a photograph	261
Short-slip		264
The Wrong Position for Stopping the Ball		273
An Anxious Moment	Lucien Davis	279
A Six-year Old	From a photograph	375
Drawing away from the Wicket	Lucien Davis	379

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