THE

CRICKET FIELD:

OR,

THE HISTORY AND THE SCIENCE

OF THE

GAME OF CRICKET.

BY

THE AUTHOR OF "THE PRINCIPLES OF SCIENTIFIC BATTING,"
66 RECOLLECTIONS OF COLLEGE DAYS,"

Molliter austerum studio fallente laborem."- HOR.

SECOND EDITION.

LONDON:

LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS.
1854.

DEDICATED

TO

J. A. B. MARSHALL, ESQ.,

AND THE

MEMBERS OF THE LANSDOWN CRICKET CLUB,

BY ONE OF THEIR OLDEST MEMBERS

AND SINCERE FRIEND,

THE AUTHOR.