James Lillywhiite's Cricketers' Annual 1874

1 8 3 V. The fieldsman must return the ball so that it shall cross the play between "thewicket and the bowling stump, or between the bowling stump and the bounds; theStriker m a yruntill theball be so returned. V I. After the Striker shall have madeone run, if he start again he must touch the bowling stump, and turn before the ball cross the play to entitle himto another. VII. TheStriker shall be entitled to three runs for lost ball , and the same numberfor ball stopped with hat, with reference to the 28th and 33rd laws of D o u b l eW i c k e t. VIII. W h e nthere shall be morethanfour Players on a side there shall be no bounds. All Hits, Byes, and Overthrows , shall then be allowed . I X. TheBowleris subject to the samelaws as at DoubleWicket. X . N om o r et h a none minuteshall b e allowedb e t w e e neachball. B E T S . I. Nobet upon any match is payable unless played out or given up. II. If the runs of one player be betted against those of another , the be depends on the first innings unless otherwise specified . III. If the bet be made on both innings , and one party beat the other in one innings , the runs of the first innings shall determine it . IV. If the other party go in a second time, then the bet must be determined b ythe numberon the score. L A W SO F C O U N T YC R I C K E T . Thefollowing were established the laws of county qualification , at a meeting held in the Surrey County Pavilion , Kennington Oval , on June 9. The following were present :-Surrey , Dr. Jones (chairman ) and Mr. F. Burbidge ; Middlesex , Messrs . V. E. Walker and M. Turner : Sussex , Messrs . H. M. Curteis and G. W. King ; Kent, Major Denne and Captain Lambert ; Gloucestershire , Messrs . E. M. Grace and W. G. Grace ; Yorkshire , Mr. A. Tozer ; Nottinghamshire , Captain Holden; Secretary to Meeting, Mr. C. W. Alcock (Sec. Surrey Cricket Club). I. That no cricketer , whether amateur or professional , shall play for more than one county during the same season . II. Every cricketer born in one county and residing in another shall be free to choose at the commencementof each season for whichof those counties he will play, and shall , during that season , play for that county only . III . A cricketer shall be qualified to play for any county in which he is residing and has resided for the previous two years ; or a cricketer may elect to play for the county in which his family home is , so long as it remains open to him as an occasionalresidence. IV. That , should any question arise as to the residential qualification , the sam shouldbeleft to the decision of the committeeof the MaryleboneClub. V. That a copy of these rules be sent to the Marylebone Club, with a request that they be adopted by the club .