| 单词 | gully-slip |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgully-slip d. Cricket. The fielding position between point and the slips; the fieldsman in this position. Also (Australian) gully-slip. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > fielding > [noun] > fielding position > specific bat's end1742 midwicket1744 middle wicket1772 long-stop1773 long field?1801 third man1801 point1816 slip1816 backstop1819 cover1836 long field on1837 short stopc1837 long on1843 middle-on1843 short leg1843 cover-point1846 square leg1849 long off1854 mid-off1865 leg slip1869 mid-on1870 cover-slip1891 box1911 gully1920 1920 G. L. Jessop in P. F. Warner Cricket (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) (new ed.) iv. 165 The position which has been favoured in recent years by fast bowlers, whenever signs of the wicket bumping have been apparent, namely, ‘the gully’. 1921 P. F. Warner My Cricketing Life xii. 229 He [sc. A. O. Jones] was, indeed, quite exceptional as a fieldsman in any position, but especially in the slips and at short third man, or in the ‘gully’, as it is called nowadays. 1927 Observer 19 June 25/1 Macaulay fell to a dazzling left-hand catch high up in the gully by Kidd. 1954 J. H. Fingleton Ashes crown Year 43 Morris..found himself caught high at gully-slip. 1955 Times 12 July 12/4 Ralph was indeed unlucky, for Arnold with good intentions of not wasting time, cut him straight into gully's hands, when exit followed entry. 1955 Times 15 July 3/3 At 252 Insole was caught in the gully slashing at Titmus. 1970 Times 19 Aug. 6/2 He was fortunate now to edge Wilson only just wide of Fletcher in the gully. < as lemmas |
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