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'Cricket - Capital Practice for the Round Bowling of the Period', 1859. This cartoon shows cricket practice being enlivened by the use of a cannon to replace the more traditional bowler. Due to the situation in Europe, and the perceived threat of invasion by Napoleon III, war was much in the news. From Punch, or the London Charivari, July 30, 1859.