GUI! HOLIDAY. 



.- Bowling Crmuw must be in a liuo with the wtunij*. six feet 



: h ; t lio itumpt in the centre ; with a return w 

 ut each In the bowler, at right angle*. 



Create must be four feet from the wicket, and 

 ll. i an the bowling 



6. The Wickets muit be pitched opposite to each other I y tint 

 umpire*, at the distance of twenty-two yards. 



7. U 'I not be lawful for either i-.irty .lunnu- u u 



fhs) oonaent of the other, to alter the ground by rolling,', watering, 



inning, .'I bo swept and rolled. This rule U 



r from beating the ground with his bat 

 'luring the innings, nor to prevent tho 



bowler from r.llm.; uj> holes with sawdust, etc., when the ground 



ia w.'t. 



8. After rain tho wickets may be changed, with the consent of both 



p:irti-.s. 



.lor shall deliver the ball with one foot on the ground 

 U'hm.l crease, and within the return crease, and shall bowl 



! wickottf, which ho shall be permitted to do 

 only onco in the same innings. 



!. l I ill must bo bowled. If thrown or jerked, the umpire shall 

 call "No ball." 



11. Ho may require the striker at the wicket from which he is 

 bowling to stand ou that side of it which he may direct. 



1_. If tho bowler shall toss the ball over tho striker's head, or bowl 

 it so wide that, iu tho opinion of the umpire, it shall not be fairly 

 within the reach of the batsman, he shall adjudge one run to the party 

 receiving tho innings, either with or without an appeal, which shall be 

 put down to the score of "wide bolls." Such ball shall not be reckoned 

 as one of tho four balls ; but if the batsman shall by any means bring 

 himself within reach of the ball, the run shall not be adjudged. 



13. If the bowler deliver a " no boll," or a "wide ball," the striker 

 shall bo allowed as many runs as ho can get, and he shall not be put out 

 except by running out. In tho 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 cose 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, 1 ' in future to be placed on the score, to 

 show the parties by whom either score is made. If the ball shall first 

 touch any port of the striker's dress or person (except his hands), the 

 umpire shall call " Leg bye." 



14. At the beginning of each innings the umpire shall call " Play." 

 From that time to the end of each innings no trial ball shall be allowed 

 to any bowler. 



15. The Striker is Out if either of the bails be bowled off, or if a 

 stump be bowled out of the ground ; 



16. Or 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 ; 



17. Or 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 ; 



18. Or if, iu striking at the boll, be hit down his wicket ; 



19. Or if, under pretence of running, or otherwise, either of the 

 strikers prevent a ball from being caught, the striker of the ball is out; 



20. Or if the ball be struck, and he wilfully strike it again ; 



21. Or 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 ; 



22. Or if any part of the striker's dress knock down the wicket ; 



23. Or if the striker touch or take up the ball, while iu play, unless 

 at the request of the opposite party ; 



-t. Or 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. 



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

 wicket which is put down is out. 



26. A boll being caught, no runs shall be reckoned. 



27. A striker being run out, that run which he and his partner were 

 attempting shall not be reckoned. 



28. If a " Lost ball " be called, the striker shall be 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. 



29. After the ball shall have been finally settled in the wicket- 

 keeper's or bowler's hand, it shall bo considered dead ; but when the 

 bowler is about to deliver tho ball, if tho striker at his wicket go 

 outside the popping crease before such actual delivery, the said bowler 

 may put him out, unless (with reference to the 21st law) his bat in 

 liand, or some part of his person, be within the popping crease. 



30. The striker shall not retire from his wicket and return to it to 

 complete his innings after another has been in, without the consent of 

 the opposite i 



31. No substitute shall in any case be allowed to stand out or run 

 between wickets for another person without the consent of the oppo- 



site party ; and ia OKM any parson ball be allowed to ran 



..or shall be out if either he or his substitute bo off the (round 

 in manner mentioned In law* 17 and 21, while tho ball ia ia play. 



32. In all COMM where a substitute shall be allowed, the ooassat of 

 the opposite party thill alto b obtained as to UM pones to act as 

 substitute, and the place in tba fteld which ho shall take. 



33. If any fleldanaa atop the ball with his hat. tho ball sta*B bo ooo- 

 aldaMd dead, and tho opposite party shall add ore runs to their aooro; 

 if any be ran, they shall hat* flvo ia all. 



3t. The ball baring bom hit, the .inker may guard Us wiokot with 

 his bat. or with any part of Us body except his haada; that tho t3rd 

 law may not be disobeyed. 



35. Tba Wicket-Keeper shall not take the ball, for the purpose of 

 stumping, until it have pasted tho wicket j bo shall not more until tho 

 ball be out of the bowWt hand ; bo shall not by any noise toooaissodo 

 the striker; and if any part of bis parson bo ovtr or before tho wicket, 

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



30. The Umpires are tho sole judges of fair or unfair play ; and aU 

 disputes shall be determined by them, each at bis own wiokot; bat is 

 case of a catch which the umpire at the wiokot bowled from cannot 

 tee sufficiently to decide upon, bo may apply to tho other umpire, 

 whose opinion shall be conclusive. 



37. The umpires in all matches shall pitch fMr wiekete, a*" 1 **>+ 

 parties shall tost up for choice of innings. The umpires snslTnhsijs. 

 wiekete after each party hat had one innings. 



38. They shall allow two minutes for each striker to come to. sad 

 ten minutes between each unrngs. When the umpire shall call " Play,'* 

 the party refusing to play thUl lose the match. 



i my are not to order a striker out unless appealed to by the 

 adversaries ; 



40. But if one of the bowler's feet be not on the ground behind the 

 bowling crease, and within the return create, when be thill deliver tho 

 ball, the umpire at his wicket, unasked, mutt call " No ball." 



41. If either of the strikers run a short run, the umpire most caQ 

 "One short." 



1-'. No umpire bholl be allowed to bet. 



43. No umpire is to be changed during a match, unless with tho 

 consent of both parties, except in case of violation of the 42nd law ; 

 then either party may dismiss the transgressor. 



44. After tho delivery of four bolls, the umpire must call " Orer," 

 but not until the ball shall be finally settled in the wicket-keeper's or 

 bowler's Land; 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. 



45. The umpire must take especial care to call " No ball " instantly 

 upon delivery ; " Wide boll,'' as soon aa it shall pats the striker. 



46. The Players who go in second shall follow their innings if they 

 have obtained eighty runs less than their antagonists, except in all 

 matches limited to only one day's play, when the number shall bo 

 limited to sixty instead of eighty. 



47. When one of the strikers shall have been put out, the use of tho 

 bat shall not be allowed to any person until the next striker sha3 

 come in. 



NOTE. Complaints having been made that it is the practice of sons) 

 players when at the wicket to make holes in the ground for a footing; 

 the committee are of opinion that the umpires should be empowered, 

 to prevent it. 



THE LAWS OF SINGLE WICKET. 



1. When there shall be less than five players on a aide, bounds 

 shall be placed, twenty-two yards each, in a line from the off and 

 leg stump. 



2. The ball must be hit before the bounds to entitle the striker to a 

 run, which run cannot be obtained unless he touch the bowling stump 

 or crease in a line with his bat, or some part of hit person, or go 

 beyond them, returning to the popping crease aa at double wicket, 

 according to the 21st law. 



3. When the striker shall hit the ball, one of his feet mutt be oa 

 the ground and benind the popping create, otherwise the umpire shall 

 call "No hit." 



4. When there shall be less than fire players on a aide, neither byes 

 nor over-throws shall be allowed, nor shall the striker be caught out 

 1-fliii.fl the wicket, nor stumped out. 



5. The fieldsman must return the ball to that it shall cross tho play 

 between the wicket and the bowling stump, or between the bowling 

 stump and the bounds. The striker may run till Us*, ball bo so 

 returned, 



I. After tho striker shall have made one run, if h* start again bo 

 must touch thn bowling stump and turn before the bau cross theiplay, 

 to entitle him to another. 



. The striker shall be entitled to three runs for lost ball, and the 

 same number for ball stopped with hat, with reference to the toth and 

 33rd lawt of double wicket. 



8. When there shall be more than four players oa a aids, there shall 

 be no bounds. All hits, byes, and overthrows shall then bo allowed. 



9. The bowler it subject to the same lawt as at double wicket. 



10. Not more than one minute shall be allowed beta-sau each ball. 



