James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1892

L A W SO F C R I C K E T. 1 8 1 2. Thematch, unless played out, shall be decided by the first innings . 3. Prior to the commencementof a match it m a ybe agreed that the over consist of five or six balls . T h eL a w sof Single W i c k e t. The Laws are, where they apply, the same as the above , with the following alterations a n dadditions. 1. Onewicket 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 withthe 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-two yards each in a line from the off and leg stump. 3. Theball must be hit before the bounds to entitle the striker to a run, which runcannot be obtained unless he touch the bowling stump or crease in a line withhis 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 onthe ground, behind the popping crease , otherwise the umpire shall call " no hit," and no r u nshall 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, norstumped. 6. T h efieldsman mustreturn theball so that it shall cross the groundbetween thewicket andthe 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 h i mto another. 8. The striker shall be entitled to three runs for lost ball , and the samenum- ber for ball wilfully stopped by a fieldsman , otherwise than with any part ofhis 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 et h a no n em i n u t eshallb eallowedb e t w e e neachball. 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, 1873. Repre- sentatives present from Surrey , Middlesex , Sussex , Kent , Gloucestershire , York- shire and Nottinghamshire . I. That no cricketer , whether amateur or professional , shall play for more thanonecounty during the same season . II. Everycricketer born in one county and residing in another shall be free to chooseat thec o m m e n c e m e n t of eachseasonforw h i c hof thesecountiesh ewill play, andshall , during that season , play for that county only . III . A cricketer shall be qualified to play for any county in which he is re- siding andhas resided for the previous two years ; or a cricketer mayelect to play for the county in which his family homeis , so long as it remains open to h i mas a noccasionalresidence. IV. That, should any question as to the residential qualification arise , the sameshouldbeleft to thedecision of the Committeeof the MaryleboneClub. V. Thata copy of these rules be sent to the Marylebone Club, with a request that they be adopted bythe club .