James Lilllywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1880

M A U YTHE L A W S OF CRICKET. 1 8 7 [The word ' over ' in this law probably should read 'not be grounded within.' Hence(as in Law9) the striker is out if his foot is on the line , with no part of it groundedwithin. I have been asked this question :I fthe striker should be putout bythe ball rebounding from the wicket -keeper's legs or person (not hands), how is it scored ? I say the striker is ' stumped, 'not runout.'] XVIII. Or, if in striking at the ball he hit downhis wicket.ard ) orothi ['Hitting downa wicket ' includes hitting a bail off only . If the striker hits a ball into his partner's wicket , the latter is not out even if he be off his ground, unless the ball has been touched by one of the fielding side after being hit .] X I X. Or, if under pretence of running , or otherwise , either of the Strikers prevent a ball from being caught , the Striker of the ball is out . [Although not expressed in the law, it is general only to give the striker out if the prevention is wilful . The Umpire should judge from the acts of the impeding party if this is so or not, andgivehis decision accordingly.] X X. Or, if the ball be struck and he wilfully strike it again . [Bearing in mind Law34, which allows the striker to keep the ball out of his wicket . Thewilful striking heremeansstriking withintent to score off it.] XXI. Or, if in running the wicket be struck down by a throw , or by the hand or arm (with the ball in hand), before his bat (in hand ), or some part of his person be grounded over the popping crease . But if both bails be off , a stump must be struck out of the ground. [His bat or some part of his person must be grounded within the popping crease . O n thecrease is of course out. Thewicket mustbeput d o w nwiththesamearmor handwhich holds the ball . If all the stumps have been already knocked out of the ground, one of them at least must be stuck up again , and again knocked down, to cause thestriker to be out.] XXII. Or, if any part of the Striker's dress knock downthe wicket . [This would be described on the score , similarly to Law18, as ' hit wicket .' If in the act of striking (not in running ) aman's hat is blown off , and knocks the bails off , h eis out.] XXIII. Or, if the Striker touch or take up the ball while in play, unless at the request of the opposite party. [I suppose that, reading the law strictly , if a batsman,to defendhimself froma b u m p yball , presentedhis handto it, he wouldtransgress the law. I twould, 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 of the Umpire at the bowler's wicket , shall have been pitched in a straight line from it to the Striker's wicket and would have hit it . [Amateur Umpires should recollect that , with round-arm bowling , experiments haveshownthat it is almost impossible for a batsmanto be out leg before ' if the bowler is bowlingroundthe wicket. This m a yb e easily demonstratedbydrawing lines fromthe leg to the off stumpof opposite wickets, andnoticing h o wm a n ydays would pass before a fair length ball ,pitched between the lines and bowled round the wicket, wouldhit the stumps.] X X V. If the players have crossed each other , he that runs for the wicket which is put downis out. [I f theyhavenot crossed , of course the onenearest the wicket putd o w nis out. In case bothare at onewicket, the onew h ohaslast comeinto thegroundwherethey bothare is out.] . d i ws o d o dand X X V I. A ball being caught , no runs shall be reckoned.vodozib od jog yan [Although , in case of a ' skyer , the run mayhave been completed while the bat w a sin the air,]