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THE 



ENGLISH GAME OF CRICKET: 



COMPEISINO A DlflEST OF ITS 



ORIGIN, CHARACTER, HISTORY, AND PROCRESS, 



TOaBTHBB WITH 



AN EXPOSITION OP ITS LAWS AJSTD LANGUAGE. 



CHARLES BOX, 



Author of "The Cricketers' Manual," "Reminiscences of Celebrated Playera," Essays <H» 

 the Game, " Songs and Poema," "Theory and Practice of Cricket, &o. 



CONTENTS. 



Chap. 

 I.) 



TO > Introductory. 

 VI.j 



Glances at the Fast and Present State of 



Connty Cricket. 

 VII.— Middlesex. 

 VIII.— Public School Matches, 

 rx.— Kent. 

 X.— Hampshire. 

 XI. — Surrey. 

 XII.— Sussex. 

 XIII.— Nottinghamshire. 

 XIV.— Yorkshire. 



Chap. 



XV. — Warwickshire and Derbyshire. 

 XVI. — G-loucestershire. 

 XVII. — Lancashire and Leicesterahire. 

 XVIII.— The Eastern Counties. 

 SIX t 

 -y-y '^- Intercolonial Matches. 



XXI. — School and Village Matches. 

 XXII. — Curiosities of Cricket. 

 XXin.— 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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TOURIST FISHERMAN'S GAZETTEER. 



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