The Earl of March ” ” 193 Mr. J. H. Dark, Hillyer, The Umpire Martingell ” ” 200 Fuller Pilch ” ” 201 Portrait of a Youth ” ” 208 William Doorinton ” ” 209 George Parr ” ” 214 Thomas Box ” ” 222 Dr. W. G. Grace ” ” 228 Youth with a Cricket Bat ” ” 236 An Eleven of Miss Wickets ” ” 248 The Honourable Spencer Ponsonby ” ” 260 A Cricket Song ” ” 272 A Lyric of the Cricket Field ” ” 273 Salvadore House, Tooting, Surrey ” ” 298 Cricket Ground, Todmorden ” ” 299 Cricket at Rugby in 1837 ” ” 304 Cambridge University Students playing Cricket, 1842 ” ” 305 The Corinthians at Lord’s in 1822 ” ” 320 A Match in 1805 ” ” 328 Miss Wicket and Miss Trigger ” ” 344 A Country-House Cricket Match ” ” 352 A Village Match in 1768 ” ” 361 “‘Out,’ so don’t fatigue yourself, I beg, Sir!” ” ” 370 A Cricketer ” ” 371 Village Cricket in 1832 ” ” 374 Cricket at Hampton Wick ” ” 375 An Eighteenth-Century Caricature ” ” 381 A Parliamentary Match ” ” 386 A Match at Igloolie between H.M. Ships _Fury_ and _Hecla_ ” ” 392 A State Match ” ” 398 The Soldier’s Widow or Schoolboys’ Collection ” ” 402 Old Charlton Church and Manor House ” ” 415 Cricket’s Peaceful Weapons ” ” 432 At the End of the Innings (William Beldham) ” ” 433 [Illustration: _From a Painting by_ _Francis Hayman, R.A._ _CRICKET, AS PLAYED IN THE ARTILLERY GROUND, LONDON, IN 1743._] [Illustration] CHAPTER I SOME POINTS IN CRICKET HISTORY By THE EDITOR