Scarborough and District Primary Schools' Sports Association

Rules for Rounders

Teams

• Each mixed team has nine players with two reserves allowed.

• Mixed gender ratio is 4/5 with any substitute being the same

gender as the player leaving the field.

Play

• The batter must have one hand only on bat.

• The batter should have both feet in the square when hitting the

ball (be flexible with this, especially with younger children).

• The ball must be over knee height and under shoulder height when

it reaches the batter.

• A NO BALL is - Too high or low

- Is on the wrong side of the batter or wide.

- Would hit the body of the batter

- Hits the ground on the way to the batter.

• The batter has only one good ball bowled and must run whether

they hit it or not.

 • If the ball is hit behind the line the batter must stop at first base

until the ball returns to the forward area.

• All runners must stop when the bowler has the ball.

Out!

A batter is out when -

• The ball is caught

• They run inside the post deliberately

• They drop the bat deliberately

• They overtake the batter in front

• The post that the batter is running to is touched with the ball in

the fielder's hand

Note - A batter is not out if they are between posts when the ball is

returned to the bowler or if they leave a base and decide to return to it.

SCORING - BOTH TEAMS START WITH 10 ROUNDERS

Rounders can be added by

       • Hitting the ball and getting to 4th base = 1 rounder

       • Hitting the ball and getting to 2nd base = half rounder

       • Missing the ball and getting to 4th base = half rounder

       • If the bowler bowls 3 consecutive No Balls = half rounder

NOTE If player misses the ball and gets to 2nd or 3rd base nothing is
scored.
If a player is out then that player rejoins the team and one rounder
is deducted from the team total. This way all the children are involved
for the whole game.
A possible score card could look like this;