The revision of the Laws introduced leg before wicket as a means of dismissal and formalised the standard width of a cricket bat.
The Laws of Cricket were revised during a meeting held at the Star and Garter on Pall Mall, London during February.
[5][6] The revision introduced Leg Before Wicket (LBW) as a means of dismissal, stating that "the striker is out if he puts his leg before the wicket with a design to stop the ball and actually prevent the ball from hitting it".
[7] The introduction of LBW stemmed from batsmen deliberately blocking the ball using their legs rather than attempting to play it with their bat, most notably a player named Ring.
[10][11] In the match between Hampshire and England on 7–8 July, bowler William Bullen took the first known five wicket haul in first-class matches: note that bowlers in this era were only credited with a wicket when they bowled the batsman.