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wicket-keeping
The occupation of a wicket-keeper (also attrib.).
1826F. Reynolds Life & Times II. xiv. 170 No man could..surpass..Hammond in wicket keeping. 1833Sporting Mag. LXXXII. 353/2 The wicket-keeping of Wenman. 1836Jesse Angler's Rambles 297 One or two prided themselves on their wicket-keeping. 1851Lillywhite Guide Cricketers 62 Box has..improved very much upon the wicket-keeping glove. 1861Dickens Gt. Expect. xxvii, It demanded..a constant attention, and a quickness of eye and hand, very like that exacted by wicket-keeping.
Hence (as a back-formation) ˈwicket-keep v. intr., to keep wicket; ˈwicket-keeping ppl. a.
1891W. G. Grace Cricket v. 138 Lillywhite was bowling and I was wicket-keeping. 1955I. Peebles Ashes i. 13 Two wicket-keeping batsmen. 1976Milton Keynes Express 25 June 49/5 In his nine games for the club so far this season the wicket keeping batsman has claimed 19 victims. |