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ILLUSTRATIONS.
WOODCUTS IN TEXT. | ||
Vignette on Title-page | Lucien Davis | |
'Miss Wicket' | From an old print, 1770 | 7 |
The Champion | Lucien Davis | 34 |
W. G. Grace ready to receive the ball | Lucien Davis | 44 |
Forward Play | From a photograph | 50 |
'Half-cock,' or over the crease play | From a photograph | 52 |
'Back-play' to a bumping ball | From a photograph | 54 |
Gunn Cutting | From a photograph | 61 |
Shrewsbury Cutting | From a photograph | 62 |
Old-fashioned Sweep to Leg (Gunn) | From a photograph | 64 |
Square-leg Hit (W. G. Grace | From a photograph | 66 |
'The Glide' (W. G. Grace) | From a photograph | 68 |
Forcing Stroke off the legs | From a photograph | 70 |
Off Drive | From a photograph | 72 |
Running out to Drive (Shrewsbury) | From a photograph | 79 |
Gun playing Forward | From a photograph | 95 |
'The Demon Bowler' | Lucien Davis | 96 |
The leg-break Diagram | 114 | |
Position of Field if Bowling on Leg side | 115 | |
The Leg-break | From a photograph | 117 |
Likely Balls; and what may become of them if not correctly played | 118 | |
The Off Break | From a photograph | 120 |
'Off Breaks' | 121 | |
Slow Ball | 127 | |
Fast Ball | 127 | |
A Hot Return | From a photograph | 131 |