James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1882

T H EL A W SO F C R I C K E T . 2 2 3 X X I. Or, if in running the wicket be struck downby 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 b eoff , a stumpmustbe struck out of the ground. [His bat or some part of his person must be grounded within the popping crease. O nthe crease is of course out. T h ewicketm u s tbeputd o w nwiththe samea r mor h a n dwhichholds the ball. I fall the stumpshavebeen already knocked out of the ground, one of them at least must be stuck up again, and again knockeddown, to cause the striker to be out.] XXII. Or, if any part of the Striker's dress knock down the wicket . [This would be described on the score , similarly to Law18, as hit wicket .' If in the act ofstriking (notin running) a man's hat is blown off, and knocks the bails off, he is 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 defend himself from ab u m p yball , presented his handto it , he wouldtransgress the law. It would, however, be hard lines ' for himto be given out.] 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 Strikers ' wicket and wouldhave hit it . [AmateurUmpiresshould recollect that , with round-armbowling , experiments have shownthat it is almost impossible for a batsmanto be out leg before ' if the bowler is bowling round the wicket. This m a ybe easily demonstrated by drawing lines from the leg to the off stump of opposite wickets , and noticing how m a n y days would pass before a fair length ball , pitched between the lines andbowled round the wicket , would hit the stumps.] X X V. If the players have crossed each other , he that runs for the wicket which is put down is out . [If theyh a v enot crossed, of course the one nearest the wicketputd o w nis out. In case both are at one wicket , the one whohas last comeinto the ground w h e r etheybothare is out.] X X V I. A ball being caught, no runs shall be reckoned. [Although, in case of a ' skyer,' the run m a yhave been completed while the ball w a sin theair.] X X V I I. The Striker being run out, the run which he and his partner wereattempting shall not be reckoned. [Scorers should be careful to credit him, though, with those which havebeen r u n.] XXVIII. If a lost ball be called , the Striker shall be allowed six runs , b u tif m o r ethan six shall havebeenrun before ' lost ball ' shall haveb e e n called, then the striker shall have all that have been run. [It is not fair to call ' lost ball ' for a hit whichmorethan six runs wouldpro- bablybe obtained for , unless the ball is bona-side lost for the time being . A ball cannotbecalled ' lost ball ' as long as it is in sight of a fielder .]