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CRICKET.
CURIOSITIES OF FIELDING.
| William Yalden jumped over a fence, stumbled and caught the ball when on his back about | 1800 |
| Capt. Adams, on the Old Phoenix Park Ground, jumped over an iron fence 3 ft. 10 high, and, while in the air, caught the ball with his left hand in | 1844 |
| R. C. Tinley, playing for the A.E.E. v. XXII. of Birmingham, caught 12 men at point in | 1854 |
| W. Caffyn, playing for the A.E.E. v. XXII. of Ipswich, threw in a ball from long-off which passed through the stumps and dislodged the bails at the bowler's end, and then travelled to the other wicket, passing through the stumps and dislodging the bails also | 1853 |
| In a match of three innings between the Gentlemen of Hampshire v. Gentlemen of Kent at Canterbury, wides and byes amounted to 145 out of a total of 615 runs | 1857 |
| Pooley stumped 4 and caught 8 for Surrey v. Sussex, at the Oval, July 6th and yth, 1868; and stumped 4 and caught 4 for Surrey v. Kent (the following match), July 9th and 10th | 1868 |
| Whole Ground. |
Match Enclosure, about | |||||
| Lord's | 12 | Acres | 6 | Acres | ||
| Oval | 11 | Acres„ | 6 | acres„ | ||
| Gloucestershire County Ground | 15 | acres„ | 8 | acres„ | ||
| OldTrafford | 7 | acres„ | 5 | ½ | acres„ | |
| Brighton | 10 | acres„ | 6 | acres„ | ||
| Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 10 | acres„ | 6 | acres„ | ||
| Bramall Lane, Sheffield | 11 | ¾ | acres„ | 8 | acres„ | |
| St. Lawrence, Canterbury | 7 | acres„ | 5 | ¾ | acres„ | |
| Mote Park, Maidstone | 5 | ½ | acres„ | 5 | acres„ | |
| Birmingham | 12 | acres„ | 5 | ½ | acres„ | |
| Scarborough | 7 | acres„ | 6 | acres„ | ||
| Fenner's, Cambridge | 8 | acres„ | 6 | acres„ | ||
| The Parks, Oxford | 10 | acres„ | 5 | ½ | acres„ | |
