infieldsmann.
/ˈɪnˌfiːldzmən/ Cricket.
A fieldsman placed close to the wicket.
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middle wicket1772
long-stop1773
second stop1773
stop1773
long fieldsman1790
long field?1801
third man1801
outscout1805
leg1816
point1816
slip1816
backstop1819
long fielder1835
long leg1835
long field off1837
short leg1843
square leg1849
cover-point1850
long-stopper1851
middle-off1851
cover-slip1854
long off1854
left fielder1860
short square1860
mid-off1865
extra cover (point)1867
deep-fielder1870
mid-on1870
cover1897
leg trap1897
infield1898
deep field1900
slipper1903
slip fieldsman1906
midwicket1909
infieldsman1910
slip-catcher1920
infielder1927
leg slip1956
1910 Westm. Gaz. 19 Mar. 18/1 If the ball got past the in~fieldsmen there were men on the boundary to save the four.
1928 Daily Tel. 17 July 17/5 Nor was Freeman the only bowler who had his infieldsman too far away.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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