James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1893

2 1 8 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. 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 sixballs. The Lawsof Single Wicket. 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 Law6 ; with a bowling stumpopposite 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-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 arun, 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 beyondthem, 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 ," andno 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, nor stumped. 6. The fieldsman must return the ball so that it shall cross the groundbetween the wicket andthe bowling stump, or between the bowling stumpandthe bounds ; the striker m a yruntill 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. 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 morethan one minuteshall be allowed betweeneach 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, 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 than one county during the same season . II . Every cricketer born in one county and residing in another shall be free to choose at the commencementof each season for which of these counties he will 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 and has resided for the previous two years ; or a cricketer may elect to play for the county in which his family home is, so long as it remains open to h i mas a noccasionalresidence. IV. That, should any question as to the residential qualification arise , the same should be left to the decision of the Committee of the Marylebone Club . V. That a copy of these rules be sent to the Marylebone Club , with a request that they be adopted by the club ,