—— foreign, 381; tours abroad, 381; the financial question, 382; the West Indies, 383-389; America, 389-393; Portugal, 393; South Africa, 396-408; New Zealand, 409-414 Cricket, University, 296; the University match, 297-298; trial grounds, 299; Oxford, 299; Cambridge, 300; early history of, 301; cricket “families,” 303; the Dark Blues, 302-304; the Light Blues, 304, 305; the mid-Victorian section of, 307; a remarkable group of Cambridge players, 308; “Bill of the Play,” 309; the match of 1870, 310; triumph of Oxford in 1875, 313; a close finish, 314; the ability of the Cambridge Eleven of 1878, 315; Mr. Edward Lyttelton’s team, 316; the teams in 1881, 319; treatment by the great Australian team of 1882, 320; Cambridge Past and Present _v._ Australia, 321; the ‘Varsity match in 1883, 322; comparative falling off of the Universities, 322; the Cambridge victory of 1885, 323; “the last choice game,” 324; the difficulty of getting a “blue,” 327; Cambridge _v._ Sussex, 327; incidents leading to an alteration in the law of following on, 327; new players, 329; the ‘Varsity match of 1896, 332; ebb years between 1896-1902, 335; a gorgeous piece of cricket, 335; undergraduates, 336; contemporary Oxford, 336; Cambridge, 337; list of those who have represented England in the test matches at home, 338; programme of each season, 339; importance of the University match to the funds of the M.C.C., 340 —— village, “Yokels at Cricket,” 361; village cricket _v._ county cricket, 364; a village match, 365; educational value of, 365, 366; our Club, 366; the ground, 367; the pitch, 367; the pavilion, 367; the tea tent, 368; officials, members, and subscription, 368, 369; the committee, 370; the best village cricketers, 370; the question of finance, 371, 372; details of expenditure, 373; country umpires, 375, 376; the great annual event, 377, 378, 379 Cricketing, early developments in the art of, 29; effect of bowling and batting on each other, 30; excellence of the Australian game, 30; advance in batting due to advance in bowling, 30, 31; “bias” bowling, 33, 34; change in the height of wickets, 35; length bowling introduced, 35; alteration of the form of bat, 36; real beginning of cricket, 36; aggressive tactics of early cricketers, 37, 38; “slogging,” 38; style of batting before 1780, 39; a new era in the art of batting, 39; Tom Walker, 40, 41; “throwing-bowling,” 41; Harris’s bowling, 41, 42; mode of delivering the ball, 42, 43; rising tendency of his balls, 43; effect of his bowling on the batting, 44; hitting out, 45; development of forward defensive play, 47 Cricket Council, the, 167, 168 Crockford, 23 Cumberbatch, 384