in 'play,' 92; obstructing the field, 92; rule for playing off breaks of all paces, 121; timidity with balls on off side, 136; pokey batsman dealing with high-dropping full-pitch ball, 143; when the wicket is softened by an over-night rainfall, 146; mistakes made about the state of the wicket, 150; dealing with left-handed bowlers, 154; left-handed batsmen, 183; W. G. Grace's counsel on how to score, 300-313. (See in connection, under Bowling)
Betting, 105
Boots, 392
Border cricket, 294; character of wicket, 294; trop de zèle, 294; patriotic partiality of umpires, 295; playing for victory rather than cricket, 296; surroundings of grounds, 296; batting and bowling, 297; 'Les Enfants Perdus,' 297; 'Eccentric Flamingoes,' 297; T. R. Marshall, 297; pleasant reminiscences, 298
Bowlers, past and present, amateur and professional:—
- Absolom, 287
- Allan, 156, 157, 315, 323
- Appleby, 182
- Atkinson, 279
- Attewell, 48, 214, 215, 322, 323
- Barclay, 23, 24, 32
- Barker, Tom, 37
- Barlow, 75, 90, 153, 182
- Barnes, 59, 153, 214, 322, 355, 381
- Barrett, 322
- Bates, 77, 90, 209, 214, 355
- Bathurst, Sir F., 37, 361, 363, 368
- Bean, 354
- Beauclerk, Lord F., 356, 357, 384
- Beldham, 356, 385
- Bennett, George, 38, 78
- Bonnor, 176
- Bowley, 164, 213
- Box, Tom, 278
- Boyle, Cecil, 23
- Boyle, H. F., 315, 316, 317, 318, 322, 323
- Brand, 385
- Brett, Thomas, 17, 24
- Briggs, 90, 155, 156, 173, 213, 354, 355. 368
- Broadbridge, James, 21, 22, 35, 362
- Brown, 17, 354
- Brown, George, 362
- Browne, 23
- Buchanan, 38
- Buchanan, David, 136, 155
- Budd, 357
- Budd, E. H., 35
- Bunch, 185
- Butler, 165
- Buttress, 38, 78
- Caffyn, W., 354
- Caldecourt, 407
- Carpenter, 26
- Christopherson, 164, 165
- Clarke, William, 23, 37, 77, 80, 159-161, 359, 360, 362, 363, 387
- Cobbett, 37, 358, 387
- Cooper, W. H., 172
- Crossland, 164
- Dark, 407
- Dean, 363
- Dryden, Billy, 299
- Emmett, Tom, 90, 104, 138,
