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HOCKEY.
RULES OF THE GAME OF HOCKEY
(as revised by the International Hockey Board in 1932).
1. Teams and Duration of Game.
(a)
A game shall be played by two teams of not more than
eleven players each. The usual constitution of a team is five
forwards, three half-backs, two backs, and a goal-keeper.
(b)
The duration of the game shall be two periods of thirty-five
minutes each, unless otherwise agreed upon mutually by the
respective captains. At half-time the teams shall change ends,
and the interval shall not exceed five minutes.
2. Captains.
The captains shall—
(a) Toss for the choice of ends;
(b)
Act as umpires, if there be no umpires, or delegate the duties
of umpire to a member of their respective teams; and
(c) Indicate the goal-keepers of their respective teams before
starting the game and after any change of goal-keeper.
3. Ground.
(a) The ground shall be rectangular, 100 yards long and not more
than 60 yards, nor less than 55 yards, wide. It shall be marked
out with white lines
in
accordance with the plan on page 324. The
longer boundary lines shall be called the side-lines, and the shorter
boundary lines shall be called the goal-lines.
(b)
Flag-posts (not less than 4 feet high) shall be placed at each
corner of the ground and also at the centre and the 25 yards lines;
those at the centre and 25 yards lines to be 1 yard outside the
side-lines.
4. Goals, Posts, etc.
(a) There shall be a goal at the centre of and on each goal line,
and it shall consist of two perpendicular posts 4 yards apart, joined
together by a horizontal cross-bar 7 feet from the ground (inside
measurements). The goal-posts shall not extend upwards above the
cross-bar, nor the cross-bar sideways beyond the goal-posts. The
goal-posts and cross-bar shall be 2 inches wide and not more than
3 inches deep, and they shall have rectangular edges to the sides
facing the field of play. Nets shall be attached firmly to the
goal-posts, cross-bar, and the ground behind the goal, at intervals
of not more than 6 inches.
(b)
Goal-boards, not exceeding 1S inches high, shall be placed
at the foot of the goal-nets, the shorter boards being at right-
angles to the goal-line.
5. Striking Circle.
In front of each goal shall be drawn a white line, 4 yards long
and 8 inches wide, parallel to and 15 yards from the goal-line.
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