James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annnual 1881

2 8 L I L L Y W H I T E ' SC R I C K E T E R SA N N U A L . 7 5 T No. III. To a nordinary m e d i u m-pacebowler. 8 U S 1 2 S 1 0 1. B o w l e r. 2. Wicket-keeper. 3. Long-stop. 4. Short-slip S. S. Strikers . 5. Thirdm a n. 6. P o i n t . 7. Cover-point. 8. M i d-off. U. U. Umpires. 9. Long-on. 10. M i d-on. 11. Short-leg. 12. Long-leg. Medium-pace bowling of the present day usually foregoes a long -stop whenaccuracy can be relied on. In this case long -stop may judiciously uslyb e placed at long -on, though obviously the positions must be altered according to the specialities of each batsman. Long-leg (No. 12) is often brought forward to a line parallel with the umpire at batsman's end, but if the striker hit late , he should remain sharp .