# Rule 9 Hinder (James's Four-Wall Rules, 1873, historical)

> **Historical rulebook: not the current rules.** The current rules are here: https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/four-wall/

If a ball struck by the player, strikes the striker or his partner, it is a hinder, and it shall be played over again.

## Mentioned here

- [Player](https://handball.theperfectship.com/player.md)
- [Partner](https://handball.theperfectship.com/partner.md)
- [Hinder](https://handball.theperfectship.com/hinder.md)
- [Ball](https://handball.theperfectship.com/ball.md)

How this rule changed: [wording in every rulebook](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/clause-history/code-fourwall-american/10.md)

## Relationships

- Player relates to Partner: mentioned together in 2 sub-rules.
- Player relates to Hinder: mentioned together in 2 sub-rules.
- Player relates to Ball: mentioned together in 12 sub-rules.
- Partner relates to Hinder: mentioned together in 2 sub-rules.
- Partner relates to Ball: mentioned together in 5 sub-rules.
- Hinder relates to Ball: mentioned together in 2 sub-rules.

Rulebook: [James's Four-Wall Rules, 1873](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/james-fourwall-1873.md)

Source: "Hand Ball Rules", in Ed. James, Manual of Sporting Rules (New York: Ed. James, 1873), pp. 76-77 (Library of Congress copy, Internet Archive manualofsporting00jame); reprinted with rewording in Henry Chadwick, The Sports and Pastimes of American Boys (New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1884), pp. 108-109 (Internet Archive sportsandpastim00chadgoog). Public domain.