James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1883

H O WT O P L A C ET H EC R I C K E TF I E L D. 2 3 8 9 No. V. T o a fast round-a r mbowler. 5 3 4 2 S 10 S 1 2 1. B o w l e r. 2. Wicket-keeper . 5. Long-slip . 9. M i d-off. 6. T h i r dm a n . 7. P o i n t. 10. M i do n. 11. Short-leg. 8. Cover-point. 12. Long-leg. S. S. Strikers. U. U. Umpires. 3. Long-stop . 4. Short-slip . Somebowlers preter 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 toplace him at mid-on (No. 10), as the field , it will be seen, is placed for twelve instead of elevenm e n. [These diagrams are intended to show chiefly the direction relative to the wickets in which each fieldsman is placed . They are not intended to be mathematically accurate inpoint of distance , as the necessity of compressing the field to show the full length of the wickets has made the fieldsmen in several instances out of proportion , and the measurementof their positions , in comparison with the scale of ground frombatsman to batsman, inaccurate ] .