Posted By:
Hal LewisNow that I have seen that card...
I went back and looked very closely at the 1822 illustration shown earlier in this thread.
If you look very closely at the TOP part of the "bat" in that drawing, it sure looks like the artist has intentionally drawn a "cross hatched wicket" enlarged area.
The 1822 drawing specifically refers to the stick as a "bat"... so maybe early bats had wickets?
I guess David Block would know more than I would.