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- Cricket
(Illustrated London Almanack, 1845)
- The Game of Stool-Ball: An Old Pastime Revived
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1876)
- A game somewhat similar to cricket.
- Outdoor Games
(Collier's Cyclopedia, 1882)
- Includes baseball, cricket, croquet, football, archery and skating.
- The Games and Amusements of the Month: July
(Little Folks, 1883)
- Lawn tennis, cricket, rowing and sailing, and seaside sports.
- How to Form a Cricket or Tennis Club
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1883)
- A Girls' Cricket Club, by Its Secretary
(Girl's Own Paper, 1889)
- "I know many people regard cricket as a most unladylike and improper game for girls to play at; but it has always seemed to me that if the girls behave quietly, and only have friends for spectators, there can be no serious objection."
- Cricket, by W.G. Grace
(English Illustrated Magazine, 1890A)
- A Review of the Game, Past and Present, in Australia, Canada, the United States, India, and England.
- Joe Broadley's Instructions in [Cricket] Bowling
(Stories of History, 1891)
- Stool-Ball, and How to Play It
(Girl's Own Paper, 1891)
- Modern Cricket, by Raymond Blathwayt
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1893)
- A talk with the secretary of the Surrey County Cricket Club about this "manly, healthy game."
- Cricket at the Universities
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1894)
- The Evolution of Cricket, by Alfred Story
(The Strand, 1895B)
- Though its origins are lost to history, it's believed that the game may have evolved from "cat and dog," or the "cricket-a-wicket" mentioned in an Italian dictionary in 1595.
- How to Field at Cricket, by Prince Ranjitsinjhi
(Windsor Magazine, 1897B)
- Some Cricket Yarns, by Alfred Gibson
(Windsor Magazine, 1897B)
- County Cricket Grounds, by George A. Wade
(Windsor, 1898A)
- What Makes a Cricket Ball Curl in the Air? by F.M. Gilbert
(The Strand, 1898A)
- The Headquarters of Cricket, by M. Randal Roberts
(Windsor Magazine, 1899B)
- An inside view of the pavilion at Lord's (the Marylebone Club).
- Recent Cricket Matches in Fiction, by Edmund B.V. Christian
(Windsor Magazine, 1899B)
- The author is pleased that at last, cricket is being represented accurately in contemporary fiction.
- More Curious Incidents at Cricket, by W.J. Ford
(Strand, 1901A)
- Some Famous Cricket Balls, by Harold MacFarlane
(Strand, 1901A)
- Some Famous [Cricket] Bats, by Harold MacFarlane
(Strand, 1901B)
- School Cricket, by the Hon. R.H. Lytleton
(Drapers' Self-Culture, 1913)
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