James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1884

POSITION OF THE MEN IN THE F IE L D TO A LEFT - SLOW J.JLXIi-i -ty am —— L IL L YW H IT E , P E A T E , o r M r . D. BU CH A NA N ) . • * * ______ - - - - - - ..... - - - — . Long Slip (or Extra Deep Mid-off). • * Short Slip. * Wicket Keeper. * J - Point. * Short Leg. * Cover Point. * f • t ; . a >■ / Extra Cover. * 9 • • » i • % * Mid Wicket off. * id Wicket on. * * Bowler Long Field off. # _ # • • ^ ' * ' - ' .............................. ■■ ............... .................... a long-leg is wanted, short-leg must go back, and the **on 8 ide,, go nearer the jn a n may be required in place of long-slip 5 left-hand bowlers bowl o S *}a° especially. The diagrams are merely given to show the n o f S S ! t o place his field in cases; the extra asterisk in each suggests the position in which a spare field may be placed as occasion requires.