▁acquaint ance . ▁He ▁took ▁the ▁opportunity ▁to ▁begin ▁work ▁on ▁a ▁cr icket ▁book ▁which ▁a ▁publish er ▁had ▁invited ▁him ▁to ▁write ; ▁Ran j its in h ji ▁contributed ▁seven ▁chap ters ▁and ▁other ▁writers ▁contributed ▁the ▁rest , ▁then ▁he ▁and ▁F ry ▁re vised ▁the ▁book ▁together ▁while ▁trav elling ▁through ▁Europe ▁in ▁the ▁spring ▁of ▁ 1 8 9 7 . ▁The ▁book ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁August ▁ 1 8 9 7 ▁under ▁the ▁title ▁The ▁J ub ile e ▁Book ▁of ▁Cr icket , ▁and ▁was ▁a ▁success , ▁both ▁commer cially ▁and ▁with ▁the ▁critics : ▁ ▁the ▁review ▁by ▁Francis ▁Thompson ▁was ▁entitled , ▁" A ▁Prince ▁of ▁India ▁on ▁the ▁Prince ▁of ▁Games ". ▁Nevertheless , ▁he ▁was ▁approaching ▁bank rupt cy ▁by ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁ 1 8 9 7 ▁and ▁there ▁are ▁indic ations , ▁such ▁as ▁an ▁increased ▁temper , ▁that ▁he ▁felt ▁the ▁pressure . ▁ ▁Having ▁been ▁named ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁Wis den ▁Cr ick eters ▁of ▁the ▁Year ▁for ▁his ▁performances ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 6 , ▁Ran j its in h ji ▁began ▁the ▁ 1 8 9 7 ▁season ▁strongly , ▁scoring ▁ 2 6 0 ▁for ▁Sus sex ▁against ▁the ▁M CC ▁then , ▁playing ▁for ▁M CC ▁against ▁Lanc ash ire ▁hit ▁ 1 5 7 . ▁A ▁succession ▁of ▁low ▁scores ▁on ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁difficult ▁pitch es ▁ended ▁when ▁he ▁scored ▁three ▁centuries ▁in ▁July , ▁but ▁in ▁the ▁remainder