James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1884

POSITION OF THE MEN IN THE FIELD TO ROUND- ARM SLOW BOWLING ( as M r . A . G . STEEL or A. SHAW). The same positions will do f o r Under-hand Slow Bowling. Short Slip. * Wicket Keeper. * Point. * * [Short Leg. Cover Point. Square Leg. Mid Wicket off. * Bowler. # Mid Wicket on. * Long Field off. * Long Field on # Aslowbowler should be a very excellent judge of aman’sstyle of play, or a great manyrunswill begot before bis favourite bits are found out. Pickyour men for point, long-fields, and mid-wicket off, they being, to a slow* bowler, very useiul men. Thecaptainorbowler shouldboquick in discoveringwhere to place anextra man. Formedium-pacebowlingalongslipor thirdmanwill berequired, ancl square e g must beplacedsharper.