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Bloomfield CT Wicket Challenge: "One Shamble Shall Be Out"
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| Text | "The Ball Players of Bloomfield and vicinity, respectfully invite the Pall Players of the city of Hartford to . . . play at Wicket Ball, the best in nine games for Dinner and Trimmings. The Rules to be as follows: [1] The ball to be rolled and to strike the once or more before it reaches the wicket. [2] The ball to be fairly caught flying or at the first bound. [3] The striker may defend his wicket with his bat as he may choose. [4] One shamble shall be out. [5] Each party may choose one judge or talisman."
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| Sources | Hartford Daily Courant, June 23, 1841, page 3. |
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| Comment | Years ago, we had asked here: "Is the bound rule [2] usual in wicket? What is rule 3 getting at? What is rule 4 getting at?" On 3/4/2022 Alex Dubois offered these clarifications: "The bound rule [2] is indeed unusual compared to other rulesets, which almost always specify “flying balls only are out.” I still don’t understand rule [3], which shows up occasionally; the New Britain rules say that a batter may only strike the ball with his bat once, except “in defense of his wicket”; still trying to figure out what that means as an exception to the one-hit statement. Rule [4] regarding shambles I think is similar to the “shams” rule from the Litchfield Club. This occurs if the ball strikes any other part of the batsman/striker before the bat (i.e. kicked, hit with hand, elbow, etc.). Litchfield allowed for three shams=out, but maybe Bloomfield only had one shamble=out. 2022 Speculation: perhaps the "one swing" rule was meant to prevent batsmen from taking a second hack at a badly-struck ball, which might injure a fielder? We wonder if English cricket includes a rule on repeat swings. Is a "shamble" something like a leg before wicket infraction in cricket? Edit with form to add a comment |
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1841.10 Bloomfield CT Wicket Challenge: "One Shamble Shall Be Out""
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