wicketkeepern.
/ˈwɪkɪtˌkiːpə/, U.S. /ˈwɪkᵻtˌkipər/ Cricket.
A player stationed behind the wicket to stop the ball if it passes it, and if possible to put the batter ‘out’ by ‘stumping’ or ‘catching’ (see stump v.1 8, catch v. 49).
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1752 Game at Cricket in New Universal Mag. Nov. 582/1 The wicket-keepers shall stand at a reasonable distance behind the wicket, and shall not move till the ball is out of the bowler's hand.
1875 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports (ed. 12) iii. i. i. §4. 671 The office of Wicket-keeper is second only to that of the bowler.
1910 Times 5 Feb. 6/3 David Hunter..is retiring after having been 21 years wicketkeeper for Yorkshire.
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