James Lillywhte's Cricketers' Annual 1884

3 8 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. 5 No. III . To an ordinary medium-pace bowler . 8 3 S. S. Strikers. S 1 0 9 12 1. B o w l e r. 2. Wicket-keeper . 3. L o n g-stop. 4. Short-slip . 5. T h i r dM a n. 9. L o n g-on. 6. P o i n t. 10. M i d -o n. 7. Cover-point. 11. Short-leg . 12. Long-leg. 8. M i d-off. U. U. Umpires. Medium-pace bowling of the present day usually foregoes a long -stop when accuracy can be relied on. Inthis case long-stop mayjudiciously be placed at long-on, though obviously the positions must be altered according to the speciali- ties 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 remainsharp.