James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1875

• f 182 �XV. If the playe1·s have c1·ossed each othe1·, he that 1·uns for the wicket ,,hich is p11t do\v11 is out. li they have not ciiosscd, of course the one neares � the wicket put down iR out. � case both area.tone wicket, the one who has last come mto the ground where they both are 1s out. XXVI. A ball being caught, no run shall be reckoned. Although, in case ol a'' skyer,'' tho rl1n may have been completed " 1 hile tl1e bull was in the au·. XXVII. The Strike1· being 1 -- un out, the 1·i1n v."hich he :and l 1 is pa1 ..tner ,,·ere ottempting sl1all not be reckoned. Scorers should be careful to credit him, though, with those which ha,·c been run. · XXVII I . If a lost ball be called, the Striker shall be allowed six runs, bnt if more than six shall have been run before lost ball shall have been called, then the St1·ike1· :shall have all that have bee11 1·un. It is not fai1· to call '' lost ball " for n hit for which more tful.n six run'l wou.lcl probably be obtained. unless the ball is bo1ia-jide lost f 01· the tiine being. A ball cnr 1 not be called '' lost ball,, as long ns it is in sight of a, fieldei·. \ XXIX. After the ball shall have been finally settled in the wicket-keeper's or bowler's hand, it shall be considered dead ; but ,vhen the bowler is about to deliver a ball, if the Striker at his wicket go outside the poJ)ping crease before such actual deliVery, the said bowler may put him out, unless (with reference to the 21st law) his bat in hand, or some part of his person, be within the popping crease. When the :bowler BhowR by his actions that he is about to delive1· the ball, it is again in play, and any immunity previously enjoyed by either of the batsmen ceases. But suppos­ ing the bowlei· to throw at the wicket of the batsmnn at bis end, and, missing the wicket, a run ensues, how is such run to be sco1·ed? This point has often been raised, and I ha,·e neve1· h.enrd a Eatisfuctory reply given to it. (M.C.C. please note). XXX. The Strike1· shall not retire n:om his wicket and return to it t,o complete his innings after another has been in, without the consent of the opposite party. As n matter of courtesy it is usual to give consent; nJ'\\·ays excepting the concession haring been sought to give an unfair advantage to either side. XXXI. No substitute shall in any case be allowed to stand out or run between the wickets for another pei-son without the consent of the opposite party ; and in case any person shall he allowed to run for another, the Striker shall be out if either he or his l'lubstitute be off the ground in manner mentioned in laws 17 and 21, while the ball is in play. Reading this . law stJ.?�1y, and llll p posi ';> g the batsman, for whom a RUbstitute was 111nning ! o be standing beside t�e Ump1re (hls proper plnce when not nt the batting wicket), nnd 1nadv 1: rtently to leave h � s g r ot1nd, he would be out. It would, however, in my opinion, be exceedingly shar p practice to take advantage of thIB, except the batsman were attempting aru11 XXm. In all cases where a substitute shall be allowed the consent of the opposite p11rty shall also be obtained as to the person to �ct as substitute and the place in the field which he shall take. - " This law shou1d be . read in a liberal Rpirit, and coni:ent to pen:ons to net as substitutes should rarely be withheld, unless the proposal be vt1�y 1111 reasonable. �XIlI. If any FieldRman stop the ball with his hat the ball shall be <!ous1dered dead, and the opposite party shall add five to iheir score. If any be run they shall have :five in all. This fihouJd be strictly enforced, l\fy experience shows that it is er;pccially opJ>licable to home of 0111· ptJ blic ach oo 1a• •