James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1895

2 0 6 LILLYWHITE'SC R I C K E T E R S' A N N U A L. T H EG R O U N D . 9. The ground shall not be rolled , watered , covered , mown, or beaten during amatch except before the commencement of each innings and of each day's play , when, unless the in-side object , the ground shall be swept and rolled for not more than ten minutes . This shall not prevent the batsman from beating the ground with his bat, nor the batsman nor bowler from using sawdust in order to obtain a proper foothold . 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 " no ball. و د 11. The bowler shall deliver the ball with one foot on the ground behind the bowling crease , and within the return crease , otherwise the umpire shall call "n oball. " 12. If the bowlershall bowlthe in the opinion of the umpire ,it shall call " wideball ." W I D EB A L L . ball so high over or so wide of the wicket that, is not within reach of the striker ,the umpire T H EO V E R . 13. Theball shall be bowledin overs of five balls fromeach wicket alternately . W h e nfive 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 noball n o ra " w i d eball " shallb ereckonedas oneofthe" over. " 6 6 14. The bowler may change ends as often as he pleases , provided that he shall not bowltwoovers in succession in the sameinnings . 15. The bowler may require the batsman at the wicket from which he is bowling to stand onthat 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. The striker mayhit a " no ball ," and whatever runs result shall be added to his score ; but he shall not be out froma " noball , " unless he be run out or break Laws 26, 27, 29, 30. All runs m a d efrom a noball," otherwise than from the bat, shall be scored "no balls ," and if no run be made one run shall be addedto that score . F r o ma " wideball" as m a n yruns as are run shall be added to the score as "wide balls ," and if no run be otherwise obtained one run shall b e so a d d e d. B Y E. 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 (hand excepted ), 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. At the 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 any bowler on the ground between the wickets , and when one of the batsman is out, the use of the bat shall not be allowed to any person until the next bats- m a nshall c o m ein. D E F I N I T I O N S . 19. A Batsmanshall be held to be " out of his ground" unless his batin hand or some part of his person be grounded within the line of the popping crease . 20. T h ewicketshall b e heldto b e" d o w n" w h e neither of thebails is struck off , or if both bails be off , when a stump is struck out of the ground,