The two opponents nearest this spot when time was called vie with each other to obtain the ball after play is resumed. They are indicated by the umpire.
When the ball is held by two or more players for any length of time the referee blows her whistle, stops the play and throws the ball up from where it was held.
Whenever the ball is put in play the players who are to first touch the ball must not stand further than two feet from the spot where the ball is to fall.
When the ball goes out of bounds and remains there, it must be returned by the player first touching it. There can be no interference with her returning it; that is, no portion of the person of an opponent may be outside of the field of play. The ball cannot be touched by an opponent until it has crossed the line. If either of these rules is violated, the ball is to be returned to the player who had it and the ball again put in play at the original place.
The player holding the ball may throw it in any direction into the field of play from any spot (outside of bounds) on a line drawn at right angles to the boundary line at the point where the ball crossed it. The ball must be thrown into the field of play. When either of these rules is violated the ball goes to the opponents at the same spot. The ball must be thrown to some player and disposed of before the player who passed it can again play it.
When a player obtains possession of the ball outside the limits of the field she is allowed five seconds to hold it; if the ball is held longer it goes to the opponents. In case of doubt in the mind of the referee as to which player first touched the ball, she tosses it up into the field of play at the spot where it went out.
When the ball is batted, rolled or passed from the field of play, in order to claim exemption from interference it must be given to the opponents at the point where it left the field of play. When it is passed to a player out of bounds the ball is given to the other side. Carrying the ball from the field of play is a foul. When the centres are jumping for the ball and one of them bats it to out of bounds, it is in play and goes to the other side.
A goal scored by a player while any part of her person touches the ground out of bounds shall not count. In such a case the ball is put in play in the centre of the field.
If a player throws for the goal and the whistle of the referee, umpire, or time-keeper sounds while the ball is in the air, and the throw results in a goal, it is a count.
When the umpire’s whistle sounds simultaneously with either the referee’s or time-keeper’s, the umpire’s takes precedence.