James Lillywhiite's Cricketers' Annual 1874

1 7 9 • XVI. Or, if the ball from the stroke of the bat, or hand, but not the wrist , be held before it touched the ground, although it be hugged to the body of the c a t c h e r. Itis clear fromthis , that, if the ball is held after touching atree , house, tent, pavilion , oranythingabove the ground, the striker is out. H o w e v e r, it is preferable to agree beforehandthathits into or on such places shall countfor so m a n yruns, inwhich casetheball is considered dead onreaching suchlimits, andthe striker gets the benefitoftherunsagreedon. XVII. Or, if in striking , or at any other time while the ball shall be in play bothhis feet shall be over the popping crease , and his wicket put down, except hisbatbe groundedwithin it . T h ew o r d" over" in this lawprobablyshouldread" not begroundedwithin." H e n c e [asin law9] the striker is out if his foot is on theline. Ihavebeenasked this ques- tion: If the striker should be put out bythe ball rebounding from the wicket-keeper's legs or person [not hands], howis it scored ? I say the striker is " stumped," not "r u no u t." XVIII. Or , if in striking at the ball he hit downhis wicket . "Hittingd o w na Wicket" includeshitting abail off only. If the striker hits a ball backintohis partner's wicket, thelatter is not out evenif h ebeoff his groundunless theballhasbeentouchedb yoneof the fielding side after beinghit. XIX. Or, if under pretence of running , or otherwise , either of the Strikers pre- vent aball from being caught, the striker of the ball is out. Althoughnot expressed in the law, it is general only to give the striker out if the pre- vention is wilful . The Umpire should judge from the acts of the impeding party if this is so or not, and give his decision accordingly . X X. Or, if the ball be struck andhe wilfully strike it again. Bearinginm i n dL a w34, whichallows thestriker to keepthe ball out of his wicket. Thewilful striking here meansstriking with intent to score off it . XXI. Or, if in running , the wicket be struck downby a throw, or by the hand orarm(with the ball in hand), before his bat (in hand) or some part of his person begrounded over the popping crease , Butif both bails be off , a stump must be struck out of the ground. Hisbat or some part of his person must be grounded within the popping crease . On the crease is of course out. T h ewicket mustbe put d o w nwith the samea r morh a n d whichholds the ball . If all the stumps have been already knocked out of the ground, oneof themat least mustbe stuck up again , and again knocked down, to cause the striker to be out. XXII. Or, if any part of the Striker's dress knock downthe wicket . This wouldbe described on the score , similarly to Law18, as " hit wicket." If in the act ofstriking [not in running] aman's hat is blown off, and knocks the bails off, he is o u t. XXIII. Or, if the Striker touch or take up the ball while in play, unless at the request of the opposite party. Isuppose that , reading the law strictly , if a batsman , to defend himself from abumpy ball, presented his handto it, he would trangress the law. It would, however, be "hardlines " for h i mto be givenout. XXIV. Or, if with any part of his person he stop the ball , which in the opinion ofthe Umpire at the bowler's wicket , shall have been pitched in a straight line fromit to the Striker's wicket andwouldhavehit it. Amateur Umpires should recollect that , with round -arm bowling , experiments have shownthat it is almost impossible for a batsman to be out "leg before " if the bowler is bowling round the wicket . This maybe easily demonstrated by drawing lines from theleg to the off stump of opposite wickets , and noticing how manydays would pass before afair length ball , pitched between the lines and bowledround the wicket, w o u l dhitthe stumps, 1 7