James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1886

T H EL A W SO F C R I C K E T. 2 0 5 T H EG R O U N D . 9. Theground shall not be rolled , watered, covered , m o w n, or beaten during amatchexcept before the commencementof each innings and of eachday's play, when, unless the in-side object , the ground shall be swept and rolled for not morethan ten minutes . This shall not prevent the batsmanfrom beating the ground with his bat, nor the batsman nor bowler from using sawdust in order to obtain a proper foothold . 6 6 T H EB O W L E R . N OB A L L. 10. The ball must be bowled ; if thrown or jerked , the umpire shall call n oball." 11. Thebowler shall deliver the ball with one foot on the ground behind thebowling crease , and within the return crease , otherwise the umpire shall call " n oball." W I D EB A L L. 12. If the bowler shall bowl the ball so high over or so wide of the wicket that , in the opinion of the umpire, it is not within reach of the striker , the umpire shall call " w i d eball." T H EO V E R . 13. T h eball shall bebowledin overs of four balls from each wicket alter- nately . Whenfour balls have been bowled , and the ball is finally settled in the bowler's or wicket -keeper's hands, the umpire shall call " over." Neither a " no-ball " nor a " wideball " shall be reckoned as one of the " over." 14. The bowler maynot change ends more than twice in the same innings , n o rb o w lm o r et h a nt w ooversin succession. 15. The bowler mayrequire the batsman at the wicket from which he is bowlingto stand on that side of it whichhe m a ydirect. S C O R I N GO F FN OB A L L SA N DW I D EB A L L S. 16. Thestriker mayhit a " no ball ," and whatever runs result shall be added to his score ; but he shall not be out froma " no ball ," unless he be run out or break L a w s26, 27, 29, 30. All runs m a d efroma " no ball," otherwise thanfrom the bat, shall be scored " no balls ," and if no run be madeone run shall be added to that score . Froma " wide ball " as many runs as are run shall be added to the score as " wide balls," and if no run be otherwise obtainedone runshall be so added. B Y F. 17. If the ball , not having been called " wide " or " no ball ," pass the striker , without touching his bat, or person , and any runs be obtained , the umpire shall call " bye;" but if the ball touch any part of the striker's person (handexcepted ) and any run be obtained , the umpire shall call " leg bye," such runs to be scored " byes " and " leg byes " respectively . P L A Y . 18. A tthe beginning of the match, and of each innings , the umpire at the bowler's wicket shall call " play ; " from that time no trial ball shall be allowed to anybowler on the ground between the wickets , and whenone of the batsmen is out, the use of the bat shall not be allowed to any person until the next p a t s m a nshallc o m ein. D E F I N I T I O N S . 19. Abatsmanshall be held to be " out of his ground " unless his bat in handor some part of his person be grounded within the line of the popping / crease. 20. T h ew i c k e tshallb eheldt ob e" d o w n" w h e neitherofthebailsis struck off , or if both bails be off , whena stump is struck out of the ground.