Fielding, 245;
a safe field, 246;
directions for, 246;
backing up, 247;
throwing, 248;
deep field, or country catching, 250;
wicket-keeping, 251;
long-leg, 256;
mid-off and mid-on, 257;
cover-point, 259;
point, 260–262;
short-slip, 263;
third man, 265;
short-leg, 266;
long-stop, 267–270;
bad, indifferent, and specious fielding, 271;
famous fielders, 272–276;
celebrated wicket-keepers, 276;
young cricketers, 384
Fieldsmen:--
Andrews, 278
Barlow, 170
Bell, F., 278
Bickley, John, 278
Boyle, H. F., 206, 258
Briggs, 278, 325
Burnup, 247
Bury, W., 274, 278
Carpenter, 227, 260, 278
Dench, 365
Diver, A., 268, 278
Douglas, J., 246
Game, 275
Giffen, G., 325
Grace, Dr. E. M., 278
Grace, W. G., 262, 263, 278
Gregory, 278
Gunn, 213, 278, 285
Hartopp, E. S. E., 278
Hildyard, 278
Jones, T. B., 275
King, R. T., 275, 277, 278
Lang, R., 274, 278
Law, W., 260, 274, 275
Lubbock, A., 278
Lyttelton, Hon. C. G., 274
Mansfield, Hon. J. W., 278
Marshall, H. M., 268, 274, 278
Moorhouse, 278
Mordaunt, G. J., 260
Mortlock, W., 278
Palairet, 246
Pickering, W., 275, 278
Pilch, W., 278
Read, W. W., 207
Ridley, 274, 275
Royle, 275, 278, 326
Shaw, J. C., 267
Shrewsbury, 212, 213
Smith, John, 62, 278
Studd, G. B., 258, 278
Sugg, 246
Taylor, Josiah, 281
Thewlis, J., 278
Tinley, R. C., 278
Tobin, F., 268
Wainwright, 247, 278
Walker, J., 277
Walker, V. E., 278
Wright, F. W., 278
Gentlemen and Players, 356;
definition of amateur and professional, 356;
Mr. W. G. Grace’s share in the matches, 371, 372, 373;
supremacy of professionals as bowlers, 357;
congestion of professional skill in certain districts, 358;
amateurs, 358;
the first match, 359;
details of matches played, 360–373;
Alfred Mynn, 361;
the Barn Door Match or Ward’s Folly, 361;
William Lillywhite, 362, 364;
William Clarke, 362;
the year 1846, 363;
C. G. Taylor, 363;
Fuller Pilch, 365;
victories of the Players from 1853 to 1865, 366;
in 1857, 369;
victories of the Gentlemen, 1866–1879, 372;
a tie, 373;
the future, 374
Gregory’s Australian team, 314
Grounds:--
Bramall Lane, Sheffield, 271;
Brunswick, Hove, Brighton, 301;
Bullingdon Green, 328;
Clifton College, 308;
Cowley Marsh, 328;
Fenner’s, 339;
Lascelles Hall, 357;
Lord’s, 24, 27, 28, 38, 53, 66, 75, 90, 92, 147, 168, 188, 189, 193,
208, 218, 227, 235, 273, 274, 290, 295, 309, 314, 318–320,
328–330, 359, 369–373;
Magdalen, Oxford, 328;
Oval, 28, 64, 74, 188, 218, 227, 235, 262, 273, 318–320, 329,
369–373
Hambledon, the home of cricket, 17
Hawick, cricket at, 292, 295
Health, 88
Hockey, 2
Kent, cricketing in, in 1830, 280
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