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444 wicket the first essential, 49; hints to beginners, 49; a suitable bat, 50; position at the wicket, 50; where the weight should fall, 51; forward play, 53-58; the secret of forward play, 53, 54; how to play a good length ball, 53, 54; the off drive, 54, 55, 57; the "half-cock" stroke, 56; the forcing forward stroke, 57; offensive forward play, 57; back play, 58-63; moving the right leg, 58, 59; the golden rule for back play, 60; a good rule on a sticky wicket, 61; the hook stroke, 62; the back glance, 63; the forward glance, 63, 64; the leg hit, 64; the square leg hit, 64; the pull, 65; the straight half volley, 66; how to drive, 66; the on-drive, 67; the three classes of cut, 67; the forward cut, 67; the square cut, 68; the late cut, 68; the "chop." 69; when to play forward, 69; how to play to fast and slow bowling, 70; jumping out to hit, 70; playing lobs, 70; the "hitting or long-handle game," 71; playing on a sticky wicket, 72; running, 73-76; want of confidence, 75; superstitions, 75, 76; enthusiasm in cricket, 77

Beauclerk, Lord Frederick, 19, 22, 28

Beginners, hints to, 49, 50, 52, 53, 55,84

Belcher, Mr. T. H., 312

Beldham, 13, 19, 22, 28, 40, 172; quoted, 14, 15, 21, 22, 30, 38, 39, 40,44

Bentley, 14, 16, 22

Berkeley, Mr. G. F. H., 331 Betting on cricket, influence of, 11, 13; single-wicket matches, 21; "leg-work," 22; selling matches, 23; Beldham on betting, 24, 25, 153

Beverley Club, 349

Bignall, 214

Birmingham, 279

Bisset, Mr. Murray, 402, 404

Blackham, 220, 223, 231, 234, 257

Bland, James, 21, 23

Bligh, the Hon. Ivo, 317

Block-hole, the, 31, 32

Blore, Mr. E. W., 304

Blythe, 69, 284, 285

Board, J. H., 127, 173, 273, 396

Bonnor, G. J., 228, 231, 234, 321, 354

Booth, Mr. Clement, 307, 308

Bosanquet, Mr. B. J. T., 336, 360, 390, 391, 410

Bourne, Mr. A., 311

Bowling, 30; advantages of, 80, 81; lob bowlers, 84; slow bowlers, 85, 86; Nepean, 87; C. M. Wells, 88; his fast ball, 89; delivery, 90; holding the ball, 90-91; C. L. Townsend, 92; Johnny Briggs, 93; Peel, 95, 96; Rhodes, 96; Wainwright, 98; Trott, 99; Tyler, 100; leg-break bowlers, 101; medium bowlers, 101, 102; George Lohmann, 102; description of Lohmann's bowling by C. B. Fry, 103; Jack Hearne, 105; Attewell and Mead, 105; Hallam, 106; Alfred Shaw, 106; George Davidson, 107; Tate, 107; F. S. Jackson, 108; R. F. Mason, 108; fast bowlers—Tom Richardson, 109, 110; Lockwood, no; exhibition of fast bowling at the Oval, 111; Arthur Mold. 112; George Hirst, 113; Sam Woods, 113, 114; W. M. Bradley, 115; "lobsters," 115, 116; great difference between professional and amateur, 208, 209

Bowls, the game of, 33

Boxshall, 414

Boyle, 222, 224 231, 234, 238

Bradley, W. M., 57, 115, 176, 209, 281, 360

Brain, Mr. J. H., 346, 358

W. H., 328

Braund, 64, 101, 214, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 405

Mr., 27

Bray, Mr. E. H., 332, 334

Briggs, Johnny, 93, 94, 106, 178, 240, 242, 243, 245, 251, 253, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 263, 273, 276, 281

Britton-Holmes, Everard, 358

Broadhalfpenny, 20

Brockwell, W., 251, 256, 257, 258, 260, 264

Brown, J. T., 251, 253, 256, 258, 264, 265, 269

Brown, 20,