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Cricket, by T. C. Collings (T. Fisher Unwin, 2s. 6d.),

is a volume in the " Sports Library," and seems of a useful character. One contributor (T. Hearne) tells us how to prepare a wicket and look after a ground, and another (Mr. C. A. Alcock) how to manage a club. Bowling, fast and slow, batting, fielding, have each their own expositor. Not the least interesting chapter is " What Cricket Costs." " There are amateurs who have taken as much as £16' for a three days' match by way of expenses, while the accredited professional has not received more than a third of that amount." AG is indeed not much when the player has to defray his hotel bill and his railway fare. But then he has a chance of a benefit.