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A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS 



A PRESENTATION VOLUME FOR CLUBS. 



?. ; bevelled boards, gilt edges (500 pages], with appropriate 

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THE 



ENGLISH GAME OF CRICKET : 



COMPRISING A DIGEST OF ITS 



ORIGIN, CHARACTER, HISTORY, AND PROGRESS, 



TOGETHER WITH 



AN EXPOSITION OF ITS LAWS AND LANGUAGE. 



BY 



CHARLES BOX, 



Author of "The Cricketers' Manual," " Reminiscences of Celebrated Players," Essays on the Game, 

 " Songs and Poems," " Theory and Practice of Cricket," &c. 



CONTENTS. 



Chap. 



10 



TO > Introductory. 

 VI.) 



GLANCES AT THE PAST AND PRESENT STATE 



OF COUNTY CRICKET. 

 VII. Middlesex. 

 VIII. Public School Matches. 

 IX. Kent. 

 X. Hampshire. 

 XI. Surrey. 

 XII. Sussex. 

 XIII. Nottinghamshire. 

 XIV. Yorkshire. 



Chap. 



XV. Warwickshire and Derbyshire. 

 XVI. Gloucestershire. 

 XVII. Lancashire and Leicestershire. 

 XVIII. The Eastern Counties. 



XIX ") 



vv ' [ Intercolonial Matches. 

 XX. ) 



XXI. School and Village Matches. 

 XXII. Curiosities of Cricket. 

 XXIII. Cricket Grounds. 

 XXIV. Laws of the Game. 

 XXV. Poems, Songs, and Ballads. 

 XXVI. Glossary of Words and Phrases. 

 POSTSCRIPT. Shakespeare and Cricket 

 An Enforced Dissertation. 



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