James Lillywhte's Cricketers' Annual 1884

1 7 6 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. X V I. Or, if the ball from the stroke of the bat, or hand, but not the wrist , be held before it touch the ground , although it be hugged to the body of the catcher. [It is clear from this , that if the ball is held after touching a tree , house, tent, pavilion , or anything above the ground the striker is out. However, it is preferable to agree beforehand that hits into or on such places shall count for so m a n yruns, in which case the ball is considered dead on reaching such limits , and the striker gets the benefit of the runs agreed on.] X V I I. Or, if in striking , or at anyother time while the ball shall be in play both his feet shall be over the popping crease and his wicket put down, except his bat be groundedwithinit. [Theword ' 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 grounded within. I have been asked this question : I fthe striker should be put outbytheball rebounding from the wicket-keeper's leg or person (not hands), h o w is it scored ? I say the striker is stumped, not runout.] X V I I I. Or, if in striking at the ball hehit downhis wicket . ['Hitting downa wicket ' includes hitting a bail off only. If the striker hits aball 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 aball frombeing caught , the Striker of the ball is out. [Although not expressed in the law, it is general only to give the striker ou iftheprevention is wilful . The Umpireshould judge fromthe acts of the impeding party, if this is so or not, andgive his decision accordingly .] X X. Or, if the ball be struck and he wilfully strike it again . [Bearing in mindLaw34, which allows the striker to keep the ball out of his wicket. Thewilful striking here meansstriking with intend to score off it.1 X X I. Or, if in running the wicket be struck downby a blow, or by the handor 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 stumpmustbe struck out of the ground. [His bat or some part of his person must be grounded within the popping crease. O n the crease is of course out. T h ewicket mustbe putd o w nwiththe same arm or hand which holds the ball . If all the stumps have been already knocked out of the ground, one of them at least mustbe stuck up again, and again knockeddown, to cause the striker to be out.] X X I I. Or, if anypart of the striker's dress knock downthe wicket. [This would be described on the score , similarly to L a w18, as 'hit wicket." Ifin the act of striking (not in running) a man's hat is blown off , and knocks the bails off, he is out.] X X I I I. 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 abatsman, to defend himself from abumpyball, presented his handto it, he would transgress the law. It would, however, be hard lines ' for himto begiven out.] X X I V. Or, if with anypart of his person he stop the ball , which in the opinion of the Umpireat the bowler's wicket , shall have been pitched in a straight line from it to the Striker's wicket and would have hit it. AmateurUmpires should recollect that, with round-armbowling, experiments haveshownthat it is almost impossible for abatsmanto be out 'leg before ' if the bowler is bowling round the wicket . This m a ybe easily demonstrated bydrawing lines from the leg to the off stump of opposite wickets , and noticing h o wm a n y days would pass before a fair length ball, pitched between the lines andbowled roundthewicket, wouldhit the stumps.]