I LLUSTRATIONS 



Rugby winners of the Champion Cup, HurHngham, 1897, 8, and 9 



Frontispiece 



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Wooden horse ..... 



Finishing out straightforward stroke . 



Forward drive ; view from the front . 



„ behind 



Hitting under pony's neck to save goal 



Hitting forward on near side ; view from the front 



Ordinary back-hander ; view from the front 

 „ „ „ behind . 



Back-hander straight back ..... 



Hitting back-hander under pony's tail facing page 



Hitting back-hander under pony's tail 



Back-hander on near side ; view from the front 



Back-hander on near side .... 



Old Cantab team .... facing page 



The start of the game ..... 



Ball out of play ...... 



Back-galloping for back-hander, hustled by No. i 

 18. Blue pulls up ...... . 



19 & 20. No. I (blue) hustling the Back (white) 

 21. White No. i hustles blue, leaving his No. 2 to bring 

 on the ball ..... 



No. I (blue) keeping out Back (white), who is 

 attempting to dash through . 



Hitting out from behind 



A method of placing the side for the hit out, if the 



hitter out be a weak strike ..... 48 



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