James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1875

• , . . . . ., • . ' .. . ' · '" 1 � � : CHt&PTER III. • • • ' • . HOW TO PLACE · TH E CRICKET FIELD. - Bo. I.-To a slow boWler; either round-arm _ or ''lobs.,'' • 7 . . l. Bowle · r. ) .., 2. Wicket-keeer. ·8. Sh�slip. 4. Point. ' . ' ' . � . • • s , u ' • • • j ' • • . 1( : S.:S�rikers : • f _ · . . . . , . ,. , 5. _ . C � -ver. p oint. \ 9. · L � . ngfi e ld-�.n , . ,. 6. . Mtd· Q ff . • 1-0. J Mid-on. , l · · 7 ! 1 Long.off. · . · · 11. ·square-=leg '• 8- 11:id--011 (extra)� · · 12. -Short-leg. U. U. Umpires .,. . ' -' " I • • , . > • - • -6 \ , J ' ' 1 � ' . . These positions · are - given _- to . suit ' the !}resent . style · of play, and mnst b& . alterod acc�rd.ing t� circtµri ' $tances. · A bowJe · r like Southerton s u p p orl e d ', b y a reliabl e wickei;..keeper� Qah bO�etiJ?,es p , i t · not if the groun� be · o umpy or � heavy, dispense with s1iort _ slip S &nd p lace him at 8. +he fielding on the and 1 1 · sure · catc h es . . The l&st n�med , ·11) 1s u.sually brottg t � very forward to · suit the pTesent bitting. The . most - e� . ineµt r � ttnd-ar.m : slow bowlers are · Son t herton, Alfred Sha,w� and Watson, of Lancashire. . 1 .� ':· � ., ' ) ) � , I A i _,. /Ir .. 1¥ - ; ·- . . . • X ,, .. , ' • " • I ' . ,