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CONTENTS

CHAP.

PAGE

I.

DRAWN MATCHES ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

1

II.

EARLY HISTORY ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

9

III.

LATER HISTORY ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

18

IV.

EFFECT OF PRESENT RULE ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

25

V.

BATSMEN’S OBJECTIONS ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

32

VI.

PREVIOUS EXPERIMENTS ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

38

VII.

EFFECT ON STYLE ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

44

VIII.

OBJECTIONS TO PROPOSED CHANGES TO L.B.W. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

49

IX.

PREPARATION OF WICKETS ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

55

X.

PREPARATION OF WICKETS—Continued ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

61

XI.

MR. J. W. TRUMBLE AND AUSTRALIAN CRICKET ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

68

CONCLUSION ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

75