James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1885

53. The &ido which goes in second shall follow their innings, if they have score.' « runs less than the opposite side. u 80 OJ<E-DAY MATCHES. 1. The side which goes in second shall follow their innings, if they have scored rv runs less than the opposite side. a 1)0 2. The match, unless played out, shall be decided by the first innings. Prior to r commencement of a match, it may be agreed tha t the over consist of five or six balls S I N G L E W I C K E T . The Laws are , where they apply , the same as the above} with the following alterations and additions . 1. One wicket shall be pitched, as in law 6, with a bowling stamp opposite to it at a distance of 22 yards. The bowling crease shall be in a line with the bowling stump and drawn according to law 7. ° 2. When there shall be less than 5 players on a eide, bounds shall be placed 22 yards each in a line from the off and leg stump. 3. The ball must be hit before the bounds to entitle the striker to a run, which run cannot be obtained ilnless he touch the bowling stump or crease in a line with his hat or some p a r t of his person, or go beyond them, and return to the popping crease. 4. When the striker shall hit the ball, one of his feet must be on the ground behind the popping crease, otherwise the umpire shall call “ No h it,” and no run shall be scored. 6. When there shall be less than 6 players on a side, neither byes, leg byes, no 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 ground between the wicket and the bowling stump, or between the bowling stump and the bounds; the striker may run till the ball be so returned. 7. After the striker shall have made one run , if he start again he must touch the bowling stump or crease, and tu rn before the ball cross the ground to entitle,him to another. , ' i 8. The striker shall be entitled to three runs for lost ball, and the same number for ball wilfully stopped by a fieldsman, otherwise than with any pa rt of his person. 9. When there shall be more than 4 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 more than one minute shall be allowed between each ball. THE PRINCIPAL FIXTURES FOR 1885. -* ~ A - MAY. G.—At Lord’s, M.C.C. Annual Meeting and Dinner. 7.—At Lord's, M.C.C. and Ground v. Sussex. 11.—At Lord’s, Colts of the North v. Colts of the South. 11.—At Kennington Oval, Surrey v. Essex. 14.—At Lord’s, M.C.C. and Ground v. Middlesex Colts. 14.—At Nottingham, Notts v. Sussex. 14.—At Kennington Oval, Surrey v. Hants. 18.—At Lord’s, M.C.C. and Ground v. Kent, 18.—At Bradford, Yorkshire v. Sussex. 18.—At Cambridge, M.C.C. and Ground v. Cambridge University 21.—At Lord’s, M.C.C. and Ground v. Leicestershire. 21.—At Oxford, Oxford University v. Lancashire. 21.—At Kennington Oval, Surrey v. Middlesex. 25.—(Whit Monday.) At Lord’s, North v. South. 25.—At Sheffield, Yorkshire v. Kent. 25.—At Nottingham, Notts y. Surrey.