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In this article, author talks about the political, musical and literary aspects and relationships of cricketing with novelist, Jane Austen, writer, H.G. Wells and author, A.A. Milne.

The article focuses on the factors that contributed to the decline in the popularity of cricket in Great Britain in the 19th century. Topics discussed include the lack of fixtures and the dwindling number of professional cricketers. The recruitment and training of soldiers who will take part in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and the prevalence of organized crime are also mentioned.

The article talks about cricket in Great Britain, county clubs and teams of cricket, and cricket clubs in Great Britain.

The article looks at the list of Jack the Ripper suspects who might have cricketing connections. Barrister Montague Druitt reportedly played cricket for Dorset among others and was found drowned in 1888 just after the last of the Ripper Murders. It claims that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle played for Marylebone Cricket Club (M.C.C.) and that his interest in crime and medical knowledge in part makes him a suspect. It also explains why writer Virginia Woolf's cousin J. K. Stephen is a suspect.

The author looks back at the years when cricket lost its innocence since the publication of "The Journal of the Cricket Society" in 1961. The signing of overseas players and the abandonment of the Gentlemen and Player distinction were considered an assault on the purity of cricket. Economic and cultural growth also had influence on changes and opportunities in cricket. The journal had survived despite the many reforms in the game in the past years.

The article focuses on the geopolitics of international cricket. It says that the cricket match between Sydney and England in 1920 was the first time an Australian team was opted by a fully representative body on behalf of a formally instituted nation-state. It states that the South African Cricket Association was formed in 1890.

A letter to the editor is presented regarding the 1,744 spectators who were charged two pence for entry to the Artillery Ground, London, England to watch a cricket match.

The article focuses on the cricket players who play a dance band under the pastoral label of Sylvestershire. The band consists of Felix Mendelsohn, Pranab Pankaj Roy, Keith Miller, Lord A. H. T. Somers, Malcolm Heath, Kenneth Cecil James, Warwick Armstrong, John Mortimer, Wes Hall, Curtly Ambrose, Malcolm Hilton, and John Cotton. It describes the respective strengths of each player as cricket players and as musicians, including when playing musical instruments, demonstration of rhythm and vocals.

This article examines the relationship between novelist and essayist Virginia Woolf and cricket. Woolf made serious allegations against George Duckworth, the Ambassador at Large of Warrington, George Duckworth, the stepson of Leslie Stephen, founder-editor of "The Dictionary of National Biography," and his brother Gerald Duckworth, the publisher, of persistent sexual abuse over 9 or 10 years involving her sister, Vanesa Bell, the artist, as well as herself.

The author presents his views on cricket player Harry Pilling. Pilling was 19 when he made his county launch in 1962 against Sussex which was capped in 1965, and was the most dependable batsman of Lancashire for a dozen or so years. He scored almost 15,000 runs, including 8 seasonal thousands, with 25 centuries, at an average of over 30, and a highest score of 149, not out.

A letter to the editor is presented about cricket player Brian Statham who was nicknamed George and fellow player Edward Paynter who was nicknamed Ted.