Wicket (sport)

Wicket or wicket ball was an American form of cricket played up until the 1800s.

George Washington played it once with his soldiers during the Revolutionary War, where it was pursued as a way to maintain physical health.

Rules
Wicket used a wicket which was much wider and shorter than a cricket wicket, and a bat that resembled a spoon. There were up to 30 fielders and 3 innings, making the game finish in an afternoon.

The creases that batters had to run across to score runs were called "Tick Marks", scoring a run (which happened when the batters crossed each other running to the other wicket) could be called a "cross", and the cricket pitch where the ball was bowled was called an alley. Run outs were known as "ticking [out]" the batter. In some forms of wicket, a batter could be out LBW if the ball hit them on the body (known as a "sham" or "shinning") thrice under certain circumstances.