Cricket, history of, 1; archæology of the game, 1; Strutt on stool-ball, 3; cat-and-dog, 4; derivation of the word ‘cricket,’ 5; ‘Miss Wicket,’ 7, 11; in Queen Elizabeth’s time, 7, 8; costume of cricketers in 1791, 10; the ball in 1770, 11; curved bats, 11, 24; earliest laws, 12; Mr. Love’s poetical effusion, 15; a ghost at a cricket match, 15, _note_; Hambledon the centre of cricket, 17; Nyren’s Cricketer’s Guide, 16, _et seq._; Lumpy and Noah Mann, 18; David Harris, 19; William Lillywhite, 21, 22; Beldham, 25; rise of the Marylebone C.C., 27; M.C.C. laws, 28; origin of Lord’s, 27, 28; epochs in the history of the game, 31; Scotch cricket, 32; the whole art of batting, 34–93; Fuller Pilch, 36, 43; W. G. Grace as a batsman, 37, 44, _et seq._; C. G. Lyttelton, Humphrey, and Ash, 40; Robert Carpenter, 54; superstitions among cricketers, 89; scientific bowling, 94–186; Willes’ introduction of round-arm bowling, 96; concerning professionals, 98–102; danger of game drifting into a mere monetary speculation, 102; Spofforth, 120, 133, 324, 325, 374; A. Shaw, 121; Tom Emmett, 134; Peate, 151; David Buchanan, 151; Briggs, 151; Mr. R. A. Proctor on bowling, 153; W. G. Grace as a bowler, 169; anecdote respecting W. G. Grace and Briggs, 169; bowling in Australia, 174; the genius who had discovered how to bowl shooters, 181; captains and their functions, 187–216; ‘Pavilion’ criticism, 198; M.C.C. legislation as to following on and declaring innings at an end, 202; Morley’s geographical attainments, 205; selecting representative elevens, 211–216; umpires and their duties, 217–244; a primitive match in Hampshire, 228; the umpire who ‘dussn’t give him out,’ 231; the art of fielding, 245–279; country cricket, 280–291; description of a rustic match in 1830, 280–282; reminiscences of Border cricket, 292–298; W. G. Grace on ‘How to score,’ 299–312; the Australians and their doings, 313–327; matches of English with Australian teams, 313–325; reason alleged for excellence of Australian bowling, 325; anecdote of a famous fieldsman, 327; the University cricket match, 328–355; Bishop Wordsworth’s account of the first Inter-University match, 330–333; the famous two-run success of Cambridge University in 1870, 339; the celebrated six-run victory of Oxford in 1875, 346; the University bowlers, 352; encounters of the Gentleman and Players, 356–374; Alfred Mynn, 361; training young cricketers, 375–385; single wicket, 386–393 Cricket-grounds, Australian, 326 Dex, 1 Dorset, Duke of, 388, 389 Dress, 204, 387 Drink, 210