The Cricket Field
- Subtitle
- Or, the History and Science of the Game of Cricket
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.3. PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.4. CHAPTER I. ORIGIN OF THE GAME OF CRICKET.5. CHAP II. THE GENERAL CHARACTER OF CRICKET.6. CHAP. III. THE HAMBLEDON CLUB AND THE OLD PLAYERS.7. CHAP. IV. CRICKET GENERALLY ESTABLISHED AS A NATIONAL GAME BY THE END OF THE LAST CENTURY.8. CHAP. V. THE FIRST TWENTY YEARS OF THE PRESENT CENTURY.9. CHAP. VI. A DARK CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF CRICKET.10. CHAP. VII. Βαττολογια, OR THE SCIENCE AND ART OF BATTING.11. CHAP. VIII. HINTS AGAINST SLOW BOWLING.12. CHAP. IX. BOWLING.—AN HOUR WITH “OLD CLARKE.”13. CHAP. X. HINTS ON FIELDING.14. CHAP. XI. CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS.—MISCELLANEOUS.