The point that the bail could be dislodged if the wicket was struck built this preferable towards the stump, which name was later applied to the hurdle uprights. Early manuscripts differ with regard to the dimension on the wicket, which obtained a 3rd stump in the 1770s, but by 1706 https://cruzszhnt.bligblogging.com/35869872/match44-id-no-further-a-mystery