James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1879

39 No. V.—To a fast round-arm bowler. II? J 1. Bowleri 5A Long-slip. 9. Mid-ell". 2. WVicket-lrceper. 6. Third-mun, (of Mid-on. 3. Lung- stop. 7. Pointi 11. Short-leg. 4, Short-slip 8. Cover-point, 12. Long-leg. S. S‘ Strikers. U. U‘ Umpiresi Seine bowlers prefer to dispense with long-leg (No. x2) ; but this device should not, he tried without geo<l reason In case of his removal it wouldghe well to place him at mid-on (No. 10). as the fiel(l, it will be seen. is placed for twelve instead of eleven meni Hill and “7. M’Intyrc are notable speci~ mens of this class of ban-ler. These diurems nre intended to show chiefly the (lireeticm relative to the wickets in which end) fielrlsmali is placed. They are not intended to he mathe- matically accurate in point of distance, as the necessity of compressing the fiehl to show the full length of the wickets has made the fieltlsnien in several instances out of proportion, aml the measurement of their positions in comparison with the scale of ground from liatsmeii to batsmeii, inaccurate. '