OUT-OF-DOOR RECREATIONS. 



event of no run being obtained by any other means, then 

 one run shall be added to the score of ' no balls ' or 

 ' wide balls,' as the case may be. All runs obtained for 

 ' wide balls ' to be scored to ' wide balls.' The names 

 of the bowlers who bowl ' wide balls ' or ' no balls ' to 

 be placed on the score. If the ball shall first touch 

 any part of the striker's dress or person except his 

 hands the umpire shall call ' Leg bye.' 



The striker is out ( I ) If either of the bails be bowled 

 off, or if a stump be bowled out of the ground ; (2) If 

 the ball, from the stroke of the bat, or hand, but not the 

 wrist, be held before it touch the ground, although it be 

 hugged to the body of the catcher ; (3) If in striking, 

 or at any other time while the ball shall be in play, both 

 his feet shall be over the popping-crease, and his wicket 

 put down, except his bat be grounded within it ; (4) If 

 in striking at the ball he hit down his wicket ; (5) If, 

 under pretence of running or otherwise, either of the 

 strikers prevents a ball from being caught ; (6) If the ball 

 be struck, and he wilfully strike it again j (7) If, in running, 

 the wicket be struck down by a throw, or by the hand or 

 arm (with ball in hand), before his bat (in hand) or some 

 part of his person be grounded over the popping-crease. 

 But if both the bails be off, a stump must be struck out 

 of the ground ; (8) If any part of the striker's dress 

 knock down the wicket ; (9) If the striker touch or take 

 up the ball while in play, unless at the request of the 

 opposite party; (10) If with any part of his person he 

 stop the ball, which in the opinion of the umpire at the 

 bowler's wicket shall have been pitched in a straight line 

 from it to the striker's wicket, and would have hit it. 



If the players have crossed each other, he that runs for 

 the wicket which is put down is out. A ball being caught, 

 no runs are reckoned. A striker being run out, that 

 run which he and his partner were attempting shall not 

 be reckoned. If a lost ball be called, the striker is 

 allowed six runs ; but if more than six shall have been 

 run before ' Lost ball ' shall have been called, then the 

 striker shall have all which have been run. If any 

 fieldsman stop the ball with his hat, the ball shall be 

 considered dead, and the opposite party shall add five 

 runs to their score ; if any be run, they shall have five 

 in all. The wicket-keeper shall not take the ball for 

 the purpose of stumping until it has passed the wicket ; 

 he shall not move until the ball be out of the bowler's 

 hand ; he shall not by any noise incommode the striker ; 

 and if any part of his person be over or before the wicket, 

 although the ball hit it, the striker shall not be out. 



The umpires are the sole judges of fair or unfair play ; 

 and all disputes shall be determined by them, each at 

 his own wicket ; but in case of a catch which the umpire 

 at the wicket bowled from cannot see sufficiently to 

 decide upon, he may apply to the other umpire, whose 

 opinion shall be conclusive. They shall allow two min- 

 utes for each striker to come in, and ten minutes between 

 each innings. When the umpire shall call ' Play,' the 

 party refusing to play shall lose the match. They are 

 not to order a striker out unless appealed to by the 

 adversaries. But if one of the bowler's feet be not on 

 the ground behind the bowling-crease and within the 

 return-crease when he shall deliver the ball, the umpire 

 at his wicket, unasked, must call ' No ball.' If either of 

 the strikers run a short run, the umpire must call ' One 

 short.' After the delivery of four balls, the umpire must 

 call ' Over,' but not until the ball shall be finally settled 

 in the wicket-keeper's or bowler's hand ; the ball shall 

 then be considered dead ; nevertheless, if an idea be 

 entertained that either of the strikers is out, a question 

 may be put previously to, but not after, the delivery of the 

 next ball. The umpire must take especial care to call 

 ' No ball ' instantly upon delivery ; ' Wide ball ' as soon 

 as it shall pass the striker. 



In single wicket only three stumps are used, 

 there being only one wicket and one batsman. 

 Any number of persons can play, but in general 

 there are five on each side. The game proceeds 



in much the same way, and, for the most part, 

 under the same conditions as in double-wicket 

 cricket. One of the out-side acts as bowler, and 

 the others, the fielders, have each his appointed 

 place. One is named the leg-hit, another the long- 

 stop, another the off-hit, a fourth the long field-on, 

 a fifth the long field-off j and their duties, as in the 

 double-wicket game, are to catch the ball when 

 either struck or missed by the batsman, and to do 

 their best to put him out. The batsman, when he 

 : has struck the ball so far that he thinks he can 

 make a run, runs to the bowling-crease, touches it 

 with his bat, and then returns to the wicket ; re- 

 peating his run, when he has made a good stroke, 

 as often as he dare venture to do so. The distance 

 between the wicket and the bowling-crease being 

 the same as in double wicket, the batsman has 

 twice the distance to run that must be run in the 

 latter game ; but this can be remedied by agreeing 

 that the run should be to a point short of the 

 bowling-crease, or the distance between the wicket 

 and the bowling-crease may be shortened. 



When there are less than five players on each 

 side, two bounds should be placed, each twenty- 

 two yards distant from the wicket, in a line with 

 the off and the leg stumps. The ball must then 

 be hit before the bounds to entitle the striker to a 

 run. When the striker hits the ball, one of his 

 feet must be on the ground, and behind the pop- 

 ping-crease ; otherwise the umpire calls ' No hit.' 

 If there are less than five players on a side, neither 

 byes nor overthrows are allowed ; nor can the 

 striker be caught out behind the wicket, nor 

 stumped out. The fieldsman must return the 

 ball so that it shall cross the play between the 

 wicket and the bowling-stump, or between the 

 bowling-stump and the bounds ; and the striker 

 may run till the ball be so returned. After the 

 striker shall have made one run, if he starts again 

 he must touch the bowling-stump, and turn, before 

 the ball shall cross the play to entitle him to 

 another. For 'lost ball,' or for the ball being 

 stopped with the hat of one of the fieldsmen, the 

 striker is entitled to three runs. When there are 

 more than four players, bounds are not set ; all 

 hits, byes, and overthrows are then allowed. The 

 bowler is subject to the same laws as at double 

 wicket. 



An excellent work, The Cricket Field (Longman 

 & Co. London), has been written on this game, 

 which will be found extremely useful by those 

 who desire to excel in it. Cricket, its Theory and 

 Practice, by Captain Crawley, forms one of 

 Chambers's Useful Hand-Books. We are also 

 indebted to The Boy's Own Book (London : Lock- 

 wood), a standard treatise on sports and pastimes. 



ROWING. 



Next to cricket, there are few out-of-door amuse- 

 ments more popular with those who are able to 

 indulge in it than boating. It is unfortunate 

 that, as now practised, it involves considerable 

 expense, and cannot usually be indulged in 

 except by the well-to-do. The boats which are 

 now in general use on rivers are very different 

 from those which were used a century or two 

 ago ; they are of slim construction, being made 

 long and narrow to insure speed, and considerable 

 practice is required for their proper management. 

 Rowing-clubs are to be found on most of our great 



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