Cricket: a History of Its Growth and Development: Throughout the World |
Contents
Illustrations | 9 |
Authors Preface | 13 |
Acknowledgements | 15 |
Introduction by C L R James | 17 |
PREHISTORY | 27 |
FIRST LIGHT | 37 |
THE FIRST GREAT PATRONS | 47 |
THE RISe of the grEAT CLUBS | 55 |
Conduct of the game and administration | 135 |
THE GOLDEn age of cricket 18941914 | 138 |
Abroad | 148 |
Conduct of the game and administration | 162 |
ΙΟ THE FIRST WORLD WAR | 171 |
THE SECOND WORLD WAR | 201 |
CHANGES IN THE GAME SINCE 1939 | 236 |
Dates in cricket history | 275 |
THE SPREAD AND SOPHISTICATION OF THE GAME | 68 |
THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY TO | 79 |
LEGALIZING OF ROUNDARM 18011834 | 80 |
THE ROUNDARM PERIOD 18351863 | 87 |
the age of grace 18641893 i At Home | 106 |
Abroad | 120 |
Southern Africa | 293 |
West Indies | 320 |
New Zealand | 326 |
7a Canada and the U S A to 1946 | 334 |
Other countries including Canada and U S | 348 |
Dates of first matches by English | 382 |