As a fieldsman he was perfect, but for an occasional belief that he was not merely short leg, but slip, point, midoff, and wicket-keep; and perhaps a tendency to make the ball a little “jubey.” ❋ Unknown (2004)
With three players, the bowler and striker will be the same as when two are at play; the second player will be fieldsman, who, when the ball be hit nearer to him than to the bowler, will pick it up, or catch it if he can, and return it to the bowler. ❋ William Martin (N/A)
I timed it successfully, and had no doubt of having added four to my score, when, to my astonishment, I saw a fieldsman running from the direction of the hedge. ❋ Various (N/A)
If the striker should attempt to run, the bowler should immediately run to the wicket, and the fieldsman should throw the ball to him, so that he may catch it, and touch the wicket with it to get the striker out. ❋ William Martin (N/A)
When the first striker is out, the fieldsman will take his place, the striker will bowl, and the bowler will take the field. ❋ William Martin (N/A)
The fieldsman must return the ball so that it shall cross the space between the wicket and the bowling stump, or between the bowling stumps and the bounds; the striker may run till the ball be so returned. ❋ William Martin (N/A)
Radley pulled it, as a great laugh went up, to the very spot from which the fieldsman had been removed. ❋ Ernest Raymond (1931)
I put down the sandwich I was eating, rose from my seat, picked the ball up neatly, and returned it with unerring aim to a fieldsman who was waiting for it with becoming deference. ❋ Unknown (1928)
As soon as the panting fieldsman had sprinted to one side of the football ground and returned the ball, there was a beautiful, musical _plonk_, and the ball soared to the very opposite quarter of the field. ❋ Unknown (1928)
It was a big hit, but there was a fieldsman in the neighbourhood. ❋ Unknown (1928)
George and John Simmons, one capital, the other so-so -- an uncertain hitter, but a good fieldsman, 5; Joel Brent, excellent, 6; Ben ❋ Various (1909)
As a fieldsman he was perfect, but for an occasional belief that he was not merely short leg, but slip, point, midoff, and wicket-keep; and perhaps a tendency to make the ball a little "jubey." ❋ John Galsworthy (1900)
The ball had shot away to leg where there was no fieldsman. ❋ Various (1898)
His third ball Klusener thumped again, this time straight to the mid-on fieldsman Darren Lehmann, who should have run-out the non-striker Allan Donald who was backing up too far but his throw was wide. ❋ Unknown (2011)
He was also the consummate fieldsman - athletic, graceful, cool under pressure and the owner of one of the best arms in the game. ❋ Unknown (2011)
He follows that up with a beautifully placed cut shot that slices the two point fieldsman for another boundary. ❋ Unknown (2011)
