James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

L A W SO F C R I C K E T . 2 3 3 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 morethan ten minutes. This shall not prevent the batsman from beating the ground with his bat, nor the batsmannor bowler from using saw- dust inorder 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 "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 umpireshall call " wide ball ." T H EO V E R. 13. T h e ball shall b e bowledin overs of five balls from each 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 " no ball" nor a "wide ball " shall be reckonedas one of the "over." 14. Thebowler m a ychange ends as often as he pleases , provided that h e shall not bowl two overs in succession in the sameinnings . 15.-Thebowler mayrequire the batsmanat the wicket from whichheis 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. T h estriker m a yhit a " no-ball," andwhateverruns result shall be addedto his score ; but he shall not be out from a " no-ball ," unless he be run out or break Laws26, 27, 29, and30. All runs madefroma " no-ball ," otherwise thanfromthe bat, shall be scored " no-balls ," and, if no run be made, one run shall be added to that score . Froma " wide ball " as m a n yruns as are run shall be added to the score as "wide balls ," and if no run be otherwise obtainedo n er u nshallb eso 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 umpireshall call " bye;" but if the ball touch anypart 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, whenone of the batsmen is out , the use of the bat shall not be allowed to any person until t h enextb 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 handorsomepart of his person begrounded within the line of the popping crease 20. T h ewicketshall beheld to be " d o w n" w h e neither of the bails is struck off , or, if both bails be off , whena stumpis struck out of the ground.