| 单词 | silly mid-on |
| 释义 | > as lemmassilly mid-on 9. Cricket. Designating a fielding position very close to the batter facing the bowler. Chiefly in silly mid-on, silly mid-off, silly point. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > fielding > [adjective] > fielding positions silly1862 deep1867 fine1882 backward point1904 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricket ground > [noun] > parts of field long field1828 leg1833 silly point1862 deep field1870 country1878 infield1898 the deep1906 rough1952 1862 Notts. Guardian 4 July Carpenter now placed himself at silly-point for Grundy, who was playing very forward. 1884 S. Austral. Reg. (Adelaide) 2 Sept. 7/2 Briggs made a very poor stroke and placed a ball from Boyle in Palmer's hands at ‘silly mid-on’. 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 246 Silly—Applied to point, mid-on and mid-off, when they stand dangerously near the striker. 1904 Westm. Gaz. 11 June 3/1 Strudwick..jumped from silly-point and caught it almost on the leg side of the wicket. 1951 Argus (Melbourne) 6 Feb. 20/5 Brown popped up the ball to silly leg when facing his first ball from Iverson. 2004 D. Lehmann Worth Wait 101 I was sent in to silly mid-off as soon as the spinners came on. < as lemmas |
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