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FOREST AND STREAM. 



lAuGusT 5, 1880. 



THE LAWS OF CRICKET IN THE PAST AND 

 PRESENT. 



WE take pleasure in preseiiUuf; to our readers nu illuBtration 

 ehowing how the Kame of oriolset was playoil a century 

 aco. This <iualnt pictui-e Is taken from a lllUe piipei-hnuad 

 book or the Laws or Cricket, brought to this country ia 1775 by 

 Benjamin Fnuiklin, now in the possession of the Young Amcn'ca 

 Crieki-I rini), of I'lilledelphia. Through the kindness ot Mr. 

 Daniel S. is'ewh'.ill, wo are enabled to reproduee the fac-slmile, as 

 Ibe Liris-inal appears in the frontispiece. Unfortunately the his- 

 tory of this valuable little book is not as clear as wo would wish. 

 It was presented to the Yoniig- America C. C, Juno 4t,h, 1887, by 

 Miss Mary D. Fo.v, of rhiladclphia, who gave, througrh a third 

 party, something of its history, but not detlnito enough for pub- 

 lication. That Franklin was an adtnlrer ot outdoor sports there 

 can he no yuestion, lor in several letters of his written while in 

 Ijondon, the originals of which are now in the possession of the 

 editor of this column, lie tnentlons having been a looker-on, 

 while a series ot matches of cricket wore being played, but 

 whether ho hitnseir added the accomplishments ot howling 

 " grubbers " and " taking a few," to that of klie-flyiiig ho omits 

 to state. It may not be generally known tVal two of the sayings 

 of PoorEiohard, most often quoted, wore forced from the lips of 

 the philosopher upon witnessing the two days" match, namely : 

 "Never leave that till to-morrow which you can do to-day," and 

 " Dost tliou love lite, then do not squander time, tor that is the 

 stuff life is made of." 



To enable *b'iso of our readers who are interested in the 

 records of crii;ket to make a comparison between the laws of the 

 game of a hundred years ago, and those supposed to govern the 

 rulings of to-day, we reprortuoo below the contents of the little 

 book. This will show with what obstinacy the Marylebone Club 



The rnily which Goes from Home 

 shall hare the chnicc ot the innings and the pitohiag of the 

 wiclicts, which Fhnll he pitched within thirty yarda of a center 

 lix-ed by the adversaries. 



When the parties meet at a third place, the bowlers shall toss 



up for the pitching of tho first wicket, and the choice of going in. 



The Bowler. 



Must deliver the ball with one foot behind the bawling oiease, 

 and within the return crease; and shall bowl foiu- bails before 

 he change wickets, which he shall do but once in the same in- 

 nings. 



He may order the player at his wicket to stand on which side 

 of it he pleases- 



The Striker Is Out, 

 it the bail is bowled olf, or Che stump bowled out of the ground. 



Or, it the ball, from a stroke over or under his bat or upon his 

 hands (but not wrists), is held before it touches the ground 

 though it be hugged to the body of the catcher. 



Or, if in striking both his feet are over the popping-crease, and 

 his wicket is put down, except bis bat is grounded within it. 



Or, it he runs out of his ground to hinder a catch. 



Or, if in running a notch the wiclvot is struck downbya throw, 

 or with the ball in hand, betorehis fool, hand or bat is grounded 

 overthopopplng-crease, but itthe liall is off, a stump must tje 

 struck out of the ground by the ball. 



Or, if the striker touches or takes up the ball before it has bean 

 still, unless at the request of the opposite party. 



Or, if the striker puts his leg before the wicket with a design to 

 stop the ball, and actually prevents the ball from hitting his 

 wicket by it. 



It the players have crossed each other, ho that runs for the 

 wloketthatlaputdiwaisout; if they are not crossed, he that 

 has left the wloket that Is put down is out. 



ha\c held to the traditions of the past and how, f rom ve ti to 

 jC4ir, rules have been added to this mass ot incompiehensible 

 patchwork. No beginner, outside of a lunatic asylum, would 

 take a copy of the laws of cricket, as revised by the Mary- 

 lebone C. C, in 1870, as a guide to play the game. As we 

 have said before, e.vcepting the accounts of the "Adven- 

 tures of Alice in '^'onderland " and the "Hunting of the 

 Snark," the equal of the Marylebone laws for descriptive clear- 

 ness have never been published. " Fancy a party ot beginners," 

 says a writer on this subject, " who had never seen the game 

 played, attempting to learn the laws without other enlighten- 

 ment. Fur example, they would never run ' byes ' or ' leg-byea," 

 for the former arc not mentionedEln the laws, and the only pro- 

 vision regarding the latter" <viz., in Rule XIU— If the ball shall 

 fii-Bt touch any part of the striker's dross or person, cvcept his 

 hands, tho umpire shall call ' leg-bye ' ) " does not suggest run- 

 ning as an essential." The fact is, that the Marylebone Club 

 should put the laws of the game in suoh a shape that the lovers 

 of cricket can introduce them intelligently in a strange land. 

 They are too primitive, mysterious and incomplete at present. 

 Not a week passes but we are petitioned by some far-away club 

 to send thera a set of rules for playing the game, that " they can- 

 not make clear to some ot the members that the umpire has got 

 anything to do with the decisions, and that some ot tho laws 

 seem to bear a double interpretation ; and although a few may be 

 determined easily ofT-liand by the least erudite ot umpires, there 

 Bi-e others which puzzle the most astute." 



THK liAWS OF CRICKET. 



nic Ban. 



Must weigh not less than five ounces and a half, nor more than 

 five ounces and three quarters. 



It cannot be changed during tho game, but with tho consent of 

 both parties. 



Tlie Bat. 

 Must not catoeed four Inches and one-quarter in the widest 



'""^ ■ The Stumps. 



Must be twenty-two inches ; the bail six inches long.^ 



Tho Bowling Crease. 

 Must be parallel with the Btumps, three feet in length, wilh a 

 return crease. 



The Poriping Oreast. 

 Must bo three feet ten inohosfrom the wickets, and tho wick- 

 ets must be opposite to eaoli other at thu aistapco of twenty- 

 two yards. 



* ny a subsequent appolntihent. It Is settled for to "Be three 

 stumps instead of two to each wicket, thp baU the «">"« inno-th 

 ae above. 



i length 



FALL 



Nutlall, b Wright f 



Holt, c Stone, b Putton I 



Nightingale, b Wright ij 



Clark, ta Wright .. 



Waters, eCatOBjb Button... 3 



Travis, not out \ 1 



Kuilos, Hubbard, b Wright. 



Sharpe,c Tyler, b Button.... 



13yes3, lcg-byea2, wideaa.... 7 



Nutlall. 1 bw, b Kh 

 Pomlorrt, b staw. 



is, c Kdwards, b O'Hare. 



Pomt ret, c Younir, b Button. 



Hyde, e Tyler, b Button 8 



Naden, c Canton, b Button .. Total,,-. ,.,.,30 



BowoN IK. Fall Riveu.— Played on the common at Boston 

 July 20th. Won (by former on first innings score. The Bostons 

 commenced a second innings and had oontribiued '£i runs for the 

 loss of 8 wickets when rain stopped the piny. Score ;— 



BOSTON— FIllST INNINGS. FALL RIVKR— FIU8T INNINO*. 



Ormiston, b Nuttall 1(1 1 Nightingale, c Furniss, b 



HoUe,bNuttoll.. !j O'llare 1 



Furnes, b Traviss 1 Hyde, b O'Hare IB 



O'Hare.b Nuttall 1 [ Nutlall. 1 b w, b Khaw 



Lockart, b Travis 



Shaw, b Nuttall 



Learned, c Sayh-'s, b Nuttal 



Bate, Savle, 1) Ttavis 



Edwards, c Say les, b Travis . . ,_,... _ 



Gatland, b Travis -- 1 | Sharp, run nnt- 



Pettit. not out 1 1 S lylt't. not uut 



Byes!!, leg-by es 7, w ides •!.... II 1 Winrtli-, b O'Hare 



— Leg-bye 1, wide 1., 2 



Total .... 4B| — 



I Total 37 



tTropirea— For Boston, Mr. Evans : for Fall River, Mr. Burgess. 



—The Millbrook cricketers have organized with tho following 

 officers: President, W. H. So'vden; First Vice-President, Mr. 

 Kircholfer; Second Vice-President, Mr. Howell; Captain, Mr. 

 Clarey; Treasurer, Mr. Tiiom:is Cosgrove; Secretary, Mr. Weller, 

 Committee, Messr.^, Gran.iv. i!,.,oty and Hunter. 



Manhatta:.- ("di id. Ari'i-iii'ii:,.— riaycd «t Prospect Park, July 

 17ih, and resulted in a victory tor the Manhattitns by one lunings 

 and 66 runs. Score :— 



APILETOK. 

 Fer.?f Imiiiitfs. Setond InnUigK. 



Kelly, run out 1 bjackson 1 



SailK b Jackson I b,laclsson 



Swansoo, lb w, b.Tacksou — 7 b Hamlltou ..3 



W. Williams, Middleton, b 



Hamilton runout....- 



U. Williams, o McKenisle, b 



Hamilton eJnokson, b Hamlltcn 5 



Nelson, b Hamilton -. ....0 bJiiekson t 



Fcrgurson, Hamilton 1 bJuoksou _,, , g 



Wonlenough, o Lawlor, b 



Jackson 3 b Hamilton 5 



Veshlage. b. Hamilton....... I) b. Uamiltun 13 



Heui-sliill, b. Jackson...., 3 not out 4 



Wise, not out !i run out 1 



Bb'CS 3, leg-byes 3, widcs 3.... 7 Byea3,wldu 1 a 



Total. 



, 33 Total. 



JIANHAITAN— riRBT INNINGS. 



3T 



Lawlor, o Swanson, b W. Wil- 

 liams 1 ,., ., 3 



Covne, run out .. , ,, 0' 



Bellar, b W. Williams ,. « 



Byes 9, legr-byes 2, wides 7 1» 



Total.,... ^....y. 13R 



When the ball has been m the bowler « i r wickci keeper s hands 

 he stilkers need not keep withm their ground till the umpire has 

 J died play ; but if ths player goes out of his ground wilh an in- 

 tent to run before the ball is delivered, the bowler may put him 



When the ball is struck up in the running ground between the 



ickcts it is lawful for the strikers to hinder its being catched, 

 buttheymust not neither strikeatnortouoh the ball with their 

 hands. 



It the ball is struck up the striker may guard his wicket either 

 with his bat or his body. 



In single wicket matches, if tho striker movesont of the ground 



to su-ikc at the ball he shall be allowed no notoh for such stroke 



The iVicket Keeper. 



Shall stand at a reasonable distance behind the wloket, and 

 shall not move till the ball is out of the bowler's hand, and shall 

 not by any noise incommode the striker, and if his hands, knees, 

 foot or head be over or before the wicket, though tho ball hit It, 



it shall not be out. 



The XJmpiren. 



Shall allow two minutes for each man to comeln,andflttoen min- 

 utes between each innings; when the umpire shall call play, the 

 party refusing to play shall lose the match. 



They are the sole .1 udges of fair and unfair play, and all disputes 

 shall be determined by them. 



When a striker is hurt ihey are to allow another to come in, and 

 the person hurt shall have his hands in any part of that innings. 



They are not to order a player out unless appealed to by the ad- 

 versaries. 



But if the bower's foot ia not behind the bowling-crease, and 

 within tho retiurn crease, when he delivers tho ball, the umpire, 

 unasked, roust call )U> Txiit. 



If the strikers run a short notob, the umpire must call no 



notch. _ , 



Bets. 



If the notches of one player are laid against another, the bet de- 

 pends on both innings, unless otherwise specified. 



It one party beats the other in one Innings, the notches in the 

 lirsi innings shall determine the bet. 



But if the other party goes in a second time, then the bet must 

 be determined by the numbers on the score. 



LONQWOOD vs. Fall River.— Played at Boston July 19th, and 

 resulted in the victory of the former by 75 runs on first innings 

 score : — 



LONGWOODS. ^ ^ , 



Firfct Innings. „ . Second InnlnjSB. 



Oaton.not out 27 b Travis 13 



Mixer, b Waters b Clark 



Hubbard, stumped Holt, b . 



Clark.. 8 bTravis 13 



Wright, b Clark not out 51 



Tyler, c Clark, b Nuttall 30 c Hyde, b Sbarne ^ 



Jones, b Waters 19 c Pomfret, b Waters, 3 



Button, bNuttaU c Naden. b Travis 3 



Stoncb Watere. - b Nuttall f 



Fay,notout » b Nuttall... 8 



Young, b Nuttall ,.- csub, b Sharpe.... -,... 1 



King, absent , b Sharpe =!.-•• „9 



ByeS 5, leg-byes 4. wifles 9 , . . . IH Byes 18, leg-bye 1, Mtm^iS. . JO 



Total 105 Total ,... 160 



Vint,candbW. Williams. -.-23 



Ames, b W. Williams li 



Woodhouso, b Swanson 3li 



Hamilton, run out 1 



Mackenzie, run out.-,,.... -•. 3 



Middleton, b Swanson 1 



Jackson, not out 42 



Mathews, b Swauson. 4 



Haitohton I'c. MOERAN— Return matcli. Played at Staten 

 Island July 3l8t, and resulted in favor of tlie hmm: t.-.iinby81 

 runs. This was the Urst appearance of Mr. Edward ICcssJcr, fresh 

 from the cricket llclda n[ Lancashire, Eng. This nev.- niemher, 

 who has recently arrived from Manchester, at once shu'.vt<l that 

 he was not only a great acquisilic.n to the chili, but ui the crick- 

 eting fraternity of New York. Si.v bowlers of the Hobokiin team 

 alternated before Mr. MoeiMii unearthed him. Burinjf his slay 

 he gave an exhibition of briniunt ail-round cricket thai is seldom 

 shown by the local pla,vcrs in tliis vicinity. In his score of 13 he 

 made 1 stupendous smites over the lioundary fence Into the bay. 

 His leg-hitting was certain and clean, i\nd his cutting tlnislied and 

 well placed. Mr. J. J. Eyre assisted with 31, and Mr. H. Waller, 

 Jr., a ch'p of the old block, with ISI, not out; the Jnuings closing 

 for the unusually large total of 172. For the St. Georges Mr. 

 Hostord and Mr. Moeran, by safe play, contributed 23 and 31 re- 

 spectively, and Mr. Herrick 10, tho side being disposed of for 91. 

 Although 5 ot the Islanders handled Ibe ball, tho dissolution of 

 the St. George's eleven was due to Mr. Haughlon's high anil 

 home deliveries, 6 wickets being credited to him for the expense 

 of 20 runs. With 81 runs behind, the St. Georges were obliged to 

 follow, and when time was called, at 0:30 o'clock, 3 wickets had 

 fallen for 37 runs. The following Is the score:— 



MB. UAUGHTON'S TEAM-FIRST INNIKaS. 



J R Moure, b Mc^entn 36 I W. M. Donald, hit wkt, b 



M C F.vre, b Moeran ,--10 Sadler t 



E Ki .w'ier, b Jloeran 48 I E. A. Wooistou, u Mocruu, b 



A. B. Irving, e sub, b Rich- , Sadler 3 



ardoon ,--.■ OlH- Waller, Jr.. not out Ill 



H A. Webster, b Moeran.... M. G. Haughtoc, b Sadler.... 3 

 J. J. Eyre, c Richardson, b i Byes 22, leg byesU, wUle 1 ,, 3i 



J.''E.anlcinoVo'Kicharf80u, b I Total 173 



Moeran *! 



MR. MOERAN'S TRAM— FTBBT INNIsaS. 

 S. HoBford, St. Moore, b „, ^ „ „ „ 



Haughton .23 h M, O. Eyre .5 



G. Giles, J r., h Bonald ..-•■. b Webster . . r, 



E. H. Moeran, c and b Kessler 21 st. Moore, b M. C. Byre. 1 



N. H. Tailiot, b Haughton... 3 

 T. C. Rlchard.iqn, I b w, b ^ 



Haughton... ....■..;....... a 



W. C. Rutherfurd, o Kessler, 



b Haughton j. ..• 



E. W. Sadler, c Waller, b 



Haughton... 



E, Herrick, b Haughton 



L. Guiou, b Hanklno. ..-,-.- a 



B. Eyre, not out ,. 



A. Eyre, b Rankine 



Byes 4, wide 1 ^ Bye , Jt^ 



Total 91 Total i. ..;,,,., u.. 27 



The Austbalian Teaji.— Mr. James Lilly white writes us from 

 Tunbrldge Wells, July 24tli, as follows: "With regard to the 

 Australian team, now in England, I cannot give you any positive 

 iniorraatiou at present. Mr. Alexander, their manager, will write 

 you on the subiect. By what I hear, Ihey have not yet settled by 

 which route they will go home, via India or America. They will 

 be playing in this oouu try till September, or perhaps a litUo later." 



An Outspoken Ovmioa.— Macon, Ga., .July llth.—l 

 enjoy your p.a{)er very muoli. I find it greatly improved 

 since 1 began taking it a second time. The general ex- 

 cellence of all the articles is so iiuicU more elevated. In 

 its editorial department it does my heart good to Jieartlje 

 way in which you express your opinion oa the Bulgect of 

 selections of international rifle teams, steam catamarans, 

 etc. No " straddling the fence."' G. F. P. 



Lion Cultuiie.— The number of lions in Algeria is 

 fast diiuiniKhing, aud it is expected tliut the tLTiiiiial v.-ill 

 soon bo extirpated froni the colony. As tlu-r..- is ;iti iti- 

 creaeing demand for pubhc exhibitions at fairs and 

 zoological gardens, an establishment has been formed at 

 Bona, by a private individual, for lion-breeding. 



8 not out 



8 not out - 12 



