106.Podex

Podex (Pronounced: puddocks) is an English unisex team ball game which originated at Manchester Grammar School, where it is still played today The name probably comes from the Latin podex, meaning 'bottom'.[citation needed] It is also often played at Lee Abbey and by the Oakley Holidays organisation.The game in action at Lee Abbey. A batsperson is running between the wicket; a bowler is stood behind the stumps.

A batsperson is given out either by being bowled from a full toss by one of the two bowlers, or by the ball being caught off the bat by any of the bowling side before the ball has bounced. The batsperson can also be declared by their team captain following exhaustion, after which they are treated as being out.

There are always two batspeople at any one time. Runs are only scored by both batspeople completing one length of the wicket. When a batsperson is given out they should be immediately replaced by one of their team-mates as play is continuous. Whilst any members of the batting side are not in play their main task is to shout support for the batspeople as well as berating the bowling.

The batting pitch consists of a wicket 20 yards long, at each end of which are placed 2 (not 3) stumps slightly less than one balls width apart. There are no boundaries on the fielding area, and fielders may stand anywhere they wish, althoug the most common arrangements are a variation on cricket fielding positions. The game is played between two teams, usually of 11, although at Lee Abbey (see below) teams are of unlimited size.