ILLUSTRATIONS.
Reading edition
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.)
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. To face p. 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