He is OUT, if with a part of his person he stop the ball, which the bowler, in the opinion of the umpire at the bowler's wicket, has pitched in a straight line with the wicket. If the players have _crossed_ each other, he that runs for the wicket that is put down, is out; and if they have _not crossed_, he that has left the wicket which is put down, is out. When a ball is caught, no run is to be reckoned. When a striker is run out, the notch they were running for is not to be reckoned. If "lost ball" shall be called, the striker is allowed the runs; but if more than six shall have been run before "lost ball" shall have been called, then the striker shall have all that have been run. When the ball has been lodged in the wicket-keeper's or bowler's hands, it is considered _dead_, that is, no longer in play, and the striker need not keep within ground, till the umpire has called "play;" but if the player goes off his ground, with intent to run, the bowler may put him out. Should the striker be hurt, he may retire from his wicket and return to it any time during that innings. Some other person may stand out for him, but not go in. If any person stop the ball with his bat, the ball is to be considered as DEAD, and the opposite party to add five notches to their score. If the ball be struck up, the striker may guard his wicket with his bat or any part of his body except his _hand_. If the striker hit the ball against his partner's wicket when he is off his ground, he is out, should it previously have touched the bowler or any of the fieldmen's hands, but not otherwise. THE WICKET-KEEPER. The wicket-keeper should not take the ball for the purpose of stumping, until it have passed the wicket. He shall stand at a proper distance behind the wicket, and shall not move till the ball be out of the bowler's hand. He shall not by any noise, incommode the striker, and if any part of his person be over or before the wicket, although the ball hit it, he shall not be out. THE UMPIRES. The umpires are the sole judges of fair and unfair play, and all disputes are determined by them, each at his own wicket. They shall not stand more than six yards from the wicket. In case of a catch, which the umpire at the wicket cannot see sufficiently to decide upon, he may apply to the other umpire, whose opinion is conclusive. The umpires shall pitch fair wickets, and the parties shall toss up for the choice of innings. They shall allow two minutes for the striker to come in, and fifteen minutes between each innings. When the umpires shall call "play," the party who refuses shall lose the match. They are not to order a player out unless assented to by the adversaries. If the bowler's foot be not behind the bowling-crease and within the return crease when he delivers the ball, they must, unasked, call "no ball;" if the striker run a short run, the umpire must call "no run."