Canadian Cricket Field Volume 1 1882

102 •THE MADIAl PliKE FIBLD by your finished ability, even though this nay be your own XXV.-If thuy have not crossed, the ont nearest the wicket individual opinion. Sucli conduct brings a club into bad repute, put down is ont; and whero two are in, tho sane ground, the and lias no right to be peritted. inan who has last got there is ont. It has beei suggcsted that if either of th 1 unners is obstructed by one of' the opposito side -in making a rmu, and the wicket is put down, ho should not be 'Thlie practice of borrowing good cricheters to strengtheIn a given ont, the utmpire, under Rule XXXVI., having the power team for a good iiatch is to be discountenanced in the strongest to givo sich a decision. ilanîner. I is not only unijustly bolstering up a weak spot, XXVI.-Runsimade while tic bail is in the air are thero- e ~ foiro îot to bc cotintcd. It is very soldent that any arc iade, but it is acting unfairly towards the club you oppose, and en- foo no co ntnIts very sodom that are m ~~thoughi I know of two instances thtis season ; the first, whichl I tircly does away with the significanco of the result. If the saw myself, happned at the Oval during tho Surrey and Glou- practice were universal no status of any club would be obtain- cestershire match. Mr. Shuter, who is undoubtedly one of the able. The Guelph Club has more than once put itself il a quickest of mien betweeni wickets, ran two runs beforo his questionable position fron this point of view. On its western partiner was caght, off a tremendous 'kyer. Tho other caso a happened at Southailnpton, im a iatch against the Aistrilians, tour last week it muade as nny as five separate individual where a gentlemnan declares he ran threo runs buforo being attempts to secure a good man fron Toronto to help represent cughtltt in thelong.ield. it; and on a previous occasion Morphy of St. Mary's played XXVII.-Ilere "striker" should obviously read " batsman," for thei, on the pretext that he was 0oing to live there in the ais the rule apphes to both. Though the run they areattenipting fall or next year. When Guelph plays that way it is not does not count, the others made fron the hit do. p t XXVIII.-A lest ball is one ont of sight of the fioldsnman, Guelph that wins or loses, and there can bc ne satisfaction in and not obtainable by him until after considerable delay. Con. the result. This practice is all the more to bc wondered at in sequently " lost bail " should never bu called for simply a big the case of the club muentioned, as it is so strong witiin itself. lit whiclh the fielder can securo by running after. |_XXIX.--The bowler ought to put down the wicket of the non-striker, should ho catch him ont of his ground, with the CRICKET, AND HOW TO EXCEL IN IT. bail in hand, and not tiirow at the wit:et. There ought to bu v m. w. a. n.wi .:. soue rile to say how runs are to be scored in the uvent of a bowler nissing the wicket under such circumstances, and runs (IietUblislhc(l by *'pJ><CWI pvmit.) bein made. CnArTin VI.-Laws.--Cotinued. XXX.-It is usual o give consent, as maen raroly retiro except wlien hurt. The rulo is, however, important to prevent XXII.-This rulo ought to formi part of' No. XVIII., it unfair proceedings. being another case of iit-wicket. It is rather hard for a mm's XXXI.-The substitute is in the position of the batsmxan, hat or cap falling on the wicket to put him out, but I suppose and shotmlul ho touch the bail, get ont of his ground, etc., the it is best se. It renders very apparent the advantage of wear- batsmuan is out, though the substitute nay alono be to blaie. ing caps, inîstead of bats, lelmets, and such tings, which are It is an uniderstood thing to allow a substitute for a man who conistantly gettiig in the way and obstructing the sight. If a is hurt during the match, but not to allow one to run if the bail is lhit high your hat may give yon great difficulty in secing iian was hurt beforo the match connenced, or is well enough it, and in a rough wind, just as you are trying to catch the to bowl. ball, away nay go your helad-gear, and put yo off your catch. XXXII.-A popular idea prevails Vhat there is a law against XXIII.-Should a batsman, to defend himself front a substitutes fielingiat point, wicket-keeping, long-stopping, etc.; buimpy baIl,gulai d it off with his liands, he would be out by the but the old rule in which this was mnentioncd has becn done strict letter of the law, thougi it is never acted on in this case away with. by the uipires The ball is not " in pIay " wien over is called, XXXIII.- " H1at" hcre includes )ockct-hianidkerclhiefscoats, until tlic bowler starts to bowl tlie nîext over, and the batsmian etc. This rule is fiequeiitly broken by boys. It was made in is not out if he then takes ni the bail and hn1ds it to any one. tue old days when players wore ehiiîney-pot bats, and wore not, In a match betwee Gloucesteîhire and Surrey, the bail wasL I suppose, particular about keeping in the crowns of then. thrown up fron long-off as I was mîakinig a thire. run. The Anylhow, I fail to sec the advantfia of trying to catch a ball in front of imiy shirt was flapping open in the wind, aind as the ball this fashion, as it imnst be about twice as difficult te do se as to passed the wicket it 'bounded into this opening, ond rolled catch it with the hands. round to mny bacik. Of courne wu went on ruuning until col- XXXIV.-A bal miay bu bit hard down, and twist back into lared by the :eldsmuen, oe of whoin wanted Ile to give hima the the wicket, in which case it shotuhi be stopped with the bat or bail, wlich I failed tu see the force of, telling iiim to) get it out leg, and not hit at with the object of scoring. I once saw a mat hiniself. The question arase as to how maniy IIs shouîîld lo get out for stoppainmg the ball froui rolling into his wicket with scored for the lit, and the impire decided tiat we shoul only his hand. A very silly thing to do. score the three we hal made before the ball found its way into XXXV. -The wicket-keper lias no business to guide a bal! nmy shit.. i'y the strict letter of the law I ougit to have been imnto the wicket, and umaîxpires should bc very careful that lis given out. lands are always kept behiiid the stunps. 'The rule says, " If XXIV.-It should be clearly understood that a man is not any part of lis 1 eoon is in front of the wicket;" and a re- out 1. b. w. mnless the ball pitches in a straiglht line fron wicket imarkably smîart reading of this occurred when wo were playing to wicket, and this doues net meanu in a straight line fron where in, Austr:dia. In an up-couintry match, I think at Castleinaino, Vhe bowler delivers the ball to the wicket, as imany peuple our wicket-keeper, J. A. Bush, stuniped a man, but mxuci to imagine, for flic bail is generally delivered at or beyond the our uistonisliment the umipiro gave him "net out," and excused return crease, and the line fromn that point to the wicket is himiself for doing se in the following ternis: lnotier thing altogether. It can be proved by deionstration "Al ! ah ! I was just watcling you, 'Mr. Bush I Youlad that unless a bail breaks back it is absolutely impossible for the tip of youur nose just over the wicket! and the rule says, ainy iman to bu 1. b. w. wien the bowler i3 bowling round the 'any part of,' etc., etc." wicket, should the bowler's hand in deliverinig the bail be moro XXXVI.-An umpire's decision is final, and there should tian fifteent inches over tle return coaso. Tli rule therefore he nto hesitation in accepting it. After once being given out, but seldoi apsplies except in c.ases in whil the bowler is cither righitly or wrongly, there is uno appeal,and the only thing bowling over Vite wicket. 1 for you to îlo is to walk away at once as cieerfully as you cau