Steel Cricket

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-96272-223-4
Verlag: OTB eBook publishing
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 0 - No protection

E-Book, Englisch, 555 Seiten

Reihe: Classics To Go

Excerpt: "Steel played in the first ever Test Match in England at The Oval in 1880, then in the famous Test which England narrowly lost in 1882. The mock obituary was published in The Sporting Times saying "R.I.P. English Cricket...the body will be cremated and the Ashes will be taken to Australia."

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Steel, A. G.

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ILLUSTRATIONS. (Engraved by J. D. Cooper and R. B. Lodge, after Drawings by Lucien Davis, and Photographs by G. Mitchell, Martin & Tyler, and Medrington & Co.) FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS.
A Young Cricketer From a picture ascribed to Gainsborough, belonging to the M.C.C. To face p. 1 Cricket After Hayman’s picture, belonging to M.C.C. ? 12 Royal Academy Club in Marylebone Fields  ? ? ? 28 Caught at the Wicket Lucien Davis ? 68 Run Out  ? ? 198 A. E. Stoddart From a photograph ? 212 Country Cricket (Mitcham) Lucien Davis ? 280 M.C.C. and Ground v. Australians, Lord’s, May 22, 1884  ? ? 308 The Critics  ? ? 324 The Interval  ? ? 348 Kennington Oval, 1854   ? 366 Our National Game Lucien Davis ? 376 ILLUSTRATIONS IN TEXT.
  ARTIST PAGE 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  ? 44 Forward Play From a photograph 50 ‘Half-cock,’ or over the crease play  ? 52 ‘Back-play’ to a bumping ball  ? 55 Gunn Cutting  ? 59 Shrewsbury Cutting  ? 60 Old-fashioned Sweep to Leg (Gunn)  ? 62 Square-leg Hit (W. G. Grace)  ? 64 ‘The Glide’ (W. G. Grace)  ? 66 Forcing Stroke off the legs  ? 68 Off Drive  ? 70 Running out to Drive (Shrewsbury)  ? 77 Gunn playing Forward  ? 93 ‘The Demon Bowler’ Lucien Davis 94 The Leg-break Diagram   110 Position of Field if Bowling on Leg side   111 The Leg-break From a photograph 113 Likely Balls; and what may become of them if not correctly played   114 The Off Break From a photograph 116 ‘Off Breaks’   117 Slow Ball   123 Fast Ball   123 A Hot Return From a photograph 127 A Pokey Batsman dealing with a high-dropping full-pitch  ? 139 Low Delivery  ? 167 Doubtful Delivery  ? 174 The Field for a Fast Right-arm Bowler   176 The Field for a Fast Left-arm Bowler   177 Going in Lucien Davis 187 Eton v. Harrow  ? 208 At Wicket after Bowling From a photograph 214 ‘Guard, please, Umpire’ Lucien Davis 217 A Clear Case From a photograph 224 ‘You must go, Jack’  ? 229 Stumped Lucien Davis 243 ‘Saving the Four’  ? 245 Backing up  ? 247 ‘Overtaking and Picking up’ From a photograph 249 The Right Way to Catch  ? 250 The Wrong Way to Catch  ? 251 Wicket-keeper—Sherwin in...