James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1885

67 the J i • By V. E. WALKER. POSITION OF THE MEN IN THE FIELD TO FAST BOWLING ( as F. R. SPOFFORTH, ULYEfT, or M r . H. ROTHERHAM). Long Slip. * Long Leg. - • * Long Stop. ♦ * t 4 i 1 • -4 f A / . 4 i 1 ♦ f • ’ i Short Slip. * 4 Cover Point. * Wicket Keeper. 1 * Short Leg. * . i. . 1 i I Point. * it , i Mid-off. * Bowler. * Mid-on (or Third Man). _____________________ ______________ .___________________ 1 Loni? si in and le«- should assist each other in backing: up the long-stop to rovent bvesPan d snicks. It is the fashion now, if the bowler can be relied on, and ith a gwd wicket-keeper, to dispense with long-stop, thereby getting a third ,an as well as mid-on, bat great caro should be used in this matter: the doing tvay with long.scop is more applicable to those bow,era who a re 'not ranch above *9 on s?do 'and again, for some players and in certain states of the ground, a silly ” p o in t and short mid-on are effective. . '