James Lillywhiite's Cricketers' Annual 1874

1 0 0 VIII. After rain the wickets maybe changed with the consent of both parties . Averynecessaryprovision, especially if thegroundis m u c hcutu p. I X. TheB O W L E R , shall deliver theball with one foot on the groundbehind thebowlingcrease, andwithin the return crease, and shall bowl one over before hechange wickets , which he shall be permitted to do twice in the same innings , a n dn obowlershall bowlm o r ethant w ooversin succession. Noticethat the law reads" behind the bowlingcrease;" henceit follows that if the bowler's foot touches anypart of the line, it is a no ball. B y" changingwickets twice," it is understoodthat abowler, after changingends, m a yreturnto his original e n donly. X. Theball mustbebowled. If thrownorjerked the umpireshall call " N o Ball." Adistinct action of the elbow distinguishes a throw, and a jerk would clearly be shown b ythe a r mstriking thebowler's side before delivery of theball. XI. Hemayrequire the Striker at the wicket from which he is bowling to stand on that side of it whichhe m a ydirect . Soas to giveh i mampler o o mfor bowling. XII. If the Bowlershall toss the ball over the Striker's head, or bowl it so wide that, in the opinion of the Umpire, it shall not be fairly within the reach of the batsman, he shall adjudge one run to the party receiving the innings , either with or without an appeal , which shall be put downto the score of WideBalls ; such bali shall not be reckoned as one of the four balls ; but if the Batsman shall by anymeansbring himself within reach of the ball , the run shall not be adjudged . "Eitherwith or withoutappeal." This showsthat it is lawful to enquireof the Umpire if aball , which he has not called , is wide or not. The appeal , however, is seldom made. Umpires should notice that the sole requisite for a wide is that it should not be"within the reach of the batsman." Hencea wide to a short batsman[Jupp] might notb eso to a tall one [W. G. Grace]. XIII. If the bowler shall deliver a " N o Ball" or a "WideBall," the Striker shall be allowed as manyruns as he can get , and he shall not be put out except by running out . In the event of no run being obtained by any other means, then one run shall be added to score of " No Balls ," or " Wide Balls ," as the case m a y b e. All runs obtainedfor " W i d eBalls" to b e scored to " W i d eBalls." T h e namesof the Bowlers who bowl " WideBalls," or " N oBalls ," 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 part of the Striker's dress or person (except his hands), the Umpire shall call "Leg Bye." Theonly runs, of course , that can be obtained from a " wide" are from the long-stop missing the ball , and should , it follows , be scored to " wides," and not to "byes." If thebatsmanget to the ball , it is no longer " wide," and any runs madeby himfrom it mustbe credited to himin the ordinary way. Although the last sentence of the l a wis wordedcarelessly , customsays that a run m u s tbe m a d ebefore the Umpire calls " leg bye" ; and, moreover, that whenhe has called one it should be counted on thescore-sheet for as manyruns as are obtained fromit. Singularly enough the rule altogether omits to state this . X I V. At the beginning of each innings the Umpire shall call " Play." From hattime to the end of each innings no trial ball shall be allowed to any Bowler. Thatis notrial ball on the wicket . Abowler is generally allowed to " open his shoul- ders ," by sending one downat the side or elsewhere ; but, of course , this concession mustnotbe allowed to impede the game. X V. The STRIKERIS O U Tif either of the bails be bowled off , or if a stump nebowledout of the ground.