James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1882

T H EL A W SO F C R I C K E T . 2 2 5 X X X V. The Wicket-keeper shall not take the ball for stumping until it havepassed the wicket ; he shall not move until the ball be out of the Bowler's hand; he shall not by any noise incommodethe Striker ; and if any part of his person be over or before the wicket, although the ball hit it, the Striker shall not be out. [Umpires are frequently lax on this point . Wicket-keepers often , especially with slow bowling, take the ball in front of the wickets ; and Umpires should recollect that anactive batsmancansometimes get back into his ground as soon as theball canpass thewicket. Therefore, wicket-keepers shouldbe watched.] X X X V I. The Umpires are the sole judges of fair and unfair play ; and all disputes shall be determined by them, each at his ownwicket ; but in case of a catch which the Umpire at the wicket bowled fromcannot see sufficiently to decide upon, he may apply to the other Umpire, whose opinion shall be conclusive . [A n din m yopinion heshould always so apply in case of doubt.] X X X V I I. The Umpires in all matches shall pitch fair wickets ; and the parties shall toss up for choice of innings . The Umpires shall change wickets after each party has had one innings . [In this law the word' wickets' is used in twodifferent senses. I fonthe second occasion of its use it read ' ends ' it would perhaps be clearer .] XXXVIII. They shall allow two minutes for each Striker to comein and ten minutes between each innings . Whenthe Umpireshall call ' Play ' the party refusing to play shall lose the match. [This is to guard against either side taking an unfair advantage of the other in cases wheretime is of importance, and Umpires should jealously watchany attempt at unfairness .] X X X I X. They are not to order a Striker out unless applied to by the adversaries. [Norby inference , should an Umpiregive an intimation to the adversaries thatit w o u l dbe advisable for t h e mto appeal.] X L. But if one of the bowler's feet be not on the groundbehind the kowling crease and within the return crease whenhe shall deliver the ball the Umpireat his wicket , unasked, must call ' No Ball . ' [SeeNoteto L a w9. ] X L I. If either of the Strikers run a short run the Umpireshall call ' O n eShort.' XLII. No Umpireshall be allowed to bet. XLIII. No Umpireis to be changed during the match unless with the consent of both parties , except in case of violation of the 42nd L a w; then either party m a ydismiss the transgressor . I