Officials.—There is an umpire, who makes all decisions of goals, fouls and disputes. She is responsible for the good conduct of the game. There may be an umpire for each half of the field. Also a scorer, a timekeeper and two linesmen, who call the ball out of bounds and give decisions when appealed to.
Each team has eleven players; for each side there is a captain, who tosses for choice of goal, protests to the umpire, governs the team on the field. They must notify the referee of any change of line-up.
Field Hockey Rules
I. Rules Governing Bully.
(a) The Bully is the method of putting the ball in play. A bully is played by two players, one from each team, who stand squarely opposite each other (each facing a side line), each with her right side toward her own goal. The ball is placed between them, each player having a foot on either side of the ball. Both first touch the ground on their right side of the ball, then they touch sticks. This is done alternately for three times, then either may touch the ball. After the ball is touched by either or both of the two players bullying it may be played by anyone.
(b) The game is started at the beginning of the first and second halves by a bully-off on the center line.
(c) After each goal is scored the ball is brought back to center line for bully-off, as in (b).
(d) The teams line up in a bully on the side nearest their goal line and never step over the line of the ball, i. e., an imaginary line, if ball is not on center or twenty-five-yard line drawn across field. This is known as standing behind the ball.
(e) After time-out is called, the ball is put in play again by bully on the spot where time-out is taken.
(f) If a foul is called on both teams, a bully is taken on the spot where the foul occurred.