James Lillywhiite's Cricketers' Annual 1874

1 6 8 No. V.-To a fast round-armbowler.1.0 6 5 2 7 3 1 2 2 1 1 U 2 L O S 9 U S. S. Strikers. 1. B o w l e r. 5. 2. Wicket keeper . 6. Long-slip . T h i r dm a n. 9. M i d-off. 10. M i d-on. 3. Long-stop . 7. Point. 11. Short-leg. 4. Short-slip . 8. Cover-point. 12. Long-leg. U. U. Umpires. e Somebowlers prefer to dispense with long-leg (No 12), but this device should not be tried without good reason . In case of his removal it would be well to place him at mid-on (No. 10), as the field , it will be seen, is placed for twelve instead of eleven men. Hill , Martin M'Intyre , and W. M'Intyre are three notable specimens of this class of bowler. These diagrams are intended to show chiefly the direction relative to the wickets in •whicheach fieldsman is placed. Theyare not intended to be mathematically accurate in point of distance , as the necessity of compressing the field to show the full length of the wicketshas madethe fieldsman in several instances out of proportion , and the measure- mentof their positions , in comparison with the scale of groundfrombatsmanto batsman inaccurate,