Word: wicket
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Seaga, Crimson captain, will play in his usual "wicket-keeper" (pitcher) slot, while assisting bowlers Ongley and Rickards will be Barry Cooke, "Muggy" Mugaseth, and John Fletcher...
...Seaga will captain, and also fill the "wicket-keeping," catcher's position. His opening bat will be Frank Davies, followed by Jim Ongley...
Star batsmen are Davis and Ongley. Captain Seaga has the job of wicket keeper, and operates much the same as a baseball catcher. The "bowlers"--cricket's equivalent of the pitcher--are headed by Mugaseth, Barry Cooke and Win Rickards, while Clark is a leading "fielder" (or baseman...
...game uses two wickets, which face one another at either end of the 22-yard long "pitch." One batsman comes out and stands in front on a wicket ready to defend it. Another batsman stands beside the other wicket. The enemy pitcher or "bowler" pitches overhand from the undefended wicket towards the defending batsman and tries to hit his wicket. If he can do so, the unlucky batsman will be declared "stumped," and will have to retire off the field, to be replaced by a teammate. Since a team numbers eleven players, the enemy will have to knock out nine...
Meanwhile the batsman tries to hit the balls bowled to him, and to make a score. The basic scoring unit is a run up the pitch to the other wicket. A batsman can make one any time he has hit the ball far enough away from his wicket to risk leaving it undefended. If he thinks he is safe, he nods or calls to his fellow batsman at the bowler's wicket, and the two change wickets and fast as they can. This of course means the second batsman will defend. If the enemy has still not returned the ball...