James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1879

35 CHAPTER lllt ; THE CRICKET FIELD. No. I.—To a. slowbowler, either round-al'm or “ lobs.” H0\\" TO PLAL, r'i l i’ 9 1: ‘ S'th‘us‘trihelw. ‘ > 1, Bmflct 5. (:()\Cl‘~]\u.l\i. r). Lunghcld-uu. 2. \Vicl' keeper. bi Mid-ufl'. lo. Mid-on. 3. Shurt-shp, 7. Long-UH] 11. Square—leg. 4. Point. 8, Mid.nn(ux t). x2. Shari-leg Ut U. Umpirca. These ponitiuns are givui to wit the present style of play, and Hunt be altered according to circumstance» A howlcr like Southcnon, supporlcd by a reliable \\'iclcct-kccper, can sometimes, but not if the ground he bumpy or heavy, dispense with short-slip (3) and place him at St The fuming 011 the all si<lc for a slow bowler should be reliable, mid the occupaula nl' Not 7, 9, and u sure catches, Tlie lust-named (n) is usuall3~ bi-nuglix vcry forwmxl in suit the preseiit liattingi The mosteminent i'omicl-arm slow bowlers nl'C Mr. \V. G. Grace, Southcrtun, Alfred Shaw, \Vut50|), and Bates. C 2