James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1891

L A W SO F C R I C K E T . 2 1 5 F O L L O W I N GN I N G S. 54. Theside which goes in second shall follow their innings if they have scored eighty runs less than the opposite side . O nthe last day of a match, and in a one-daymatchat any time, the in-side maydeclare their innings at anend. O N ED A YM A T C H E S . 1. Theside which goes in second shall follow their innings if they have scored 60 runs less than the opposite side . 2. Thematch, whennot played out , shall be decided by the first innings . 3. Prior to the commencementof a match it m a ybe agreed that the over consisto f fiveorsixballs. TheL a w sof Single Wicket. The Laws are , where they apply , the same as the above , with the following alterations a n dadditions. 1. O n ewicket shall be pitched , as in L a w6 ; with a bowling stump opposite to it , at a distance of twenty-two yards. Thebowling crease shall be in a line with the bowling stump ; and drawnaccording to Law7. 2. W h e nthere shall be less than five players on a side , bounds shall be placed twenty-twoyards each in a line from the off and leg stump. 3. T h eball mustbe hit before the boundsto entitle the striker to a run, which runcannot be obtained unless he touch the bowling stump or crease in a line with his bat, or some part of his person , or go beyond them, and return to the poppingcrease. 4. W h e nthe striker shall hit the ball , one of his feet must be on the ground, behind the popping crease , otherwise the umpire shall call " no hit ," and no runshall b escored. 5. W h e nthere shall be less than five players on aside , neither byes , leg-byes , nor overthrows shall be allowed , nor shall the striker be caught out behind the wicket , nor stumped. 6. T h efieldsman mustreturn the ball so that it shall cross the ground between thewicketandthe bowling stump, or between the bowling stumpand the bounds ; the striker mayrun till the ball be so returned . 7. After the striker shall have madeone run, if he start again he must touch the bowling stump or crease , and turn before the ball cross the ground to entitle himto another. 8. Thestriker shall be entitled to three runs for lost ball , andthe samenum- ber for ball wilfully stopped by a fieldsman , otherwise than with any part of his p e r s o n. 9. W h e nthere shall be more than four players on a side there shall be no bounds . All hits , byes , leg -byes , and overthrows shall then be allowed . 10. There shall be no restriction as to the ball being bowled in overs , but no m o r ethan one minuteshall be allowedbetweeneach ball . L a w sof C o u n t yCricket. Thefollowing were established as the laws of county qualification , at a meeting held in the Surrey County Pavilion , Kennington Oval , on June 9, 1870. Repre- sentatives present from Surrey , Middlesex , Sussex , Kent, Gloucestershire , and Nottinghamshire . I. That no cricketer , whether amateur or professional , shall play for more than one county during the same season . II . Every cricketer born in one county and residing in another shall be free to