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CHAP. I.
Origin of the Game of Cricket 1
CHAP. II.
The general Character of Cricket 16
CHAP. III.
The Hambledon Club and the Old Players 40
CHAP. IV.
Cricket generally established as a National Game
by the End of the last Century 56
CHAP. V.
The First Twenty Years of the present Century 82
CHAP. VI.
A dark Chapter in the History of Cricket 99
CHAP. VII.
The Science and Art of Batting 110
CHAP. VIII.
Hints against Slow Bowling 176
CHAP. IX.
Bowling.--An Hour with “Old Clarke” 187
CHAP. X.
Hints on Fielding 204
CHAP. XI.
Chapter of Accidents.--Miscellaneous 234
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