James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1885

4 2 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. 7 No. III .-Το an ordinary medium-pace bowler. 8 3 4 2 U 12 S S. S. Strikers, 1 0 S 1. B o w l e r, 2. Wicket-keeper. 3. Long-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 dayusually foregoes a long-stop when accuracy can be relied on. In this 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.