James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1885

4 4 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. 6 8 9 N o . V . T o a fast r o u n d-a r mb o w l e r. 7 5 3 2 S S 1 0 1 2 1. B o w l e r. 2. Wicket-keeper . 9. M i d-off. 5. Long-slip . 6. T h i r dm a n. 10. M i d-o n. 7. P o i n t. 11. Short-leg. 8. Cover-point. 12. L o n g-leg. S. S. Strikers. U. U. Umpires. 3. L o n g-stop. 4. Short-slip . Some bowlers 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 to place him at mid-on (No. 10), as the field , it will be seen , is placed for twelveinsteadof elevenm e n. Thesediagrams 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 showthe 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 ] .