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UK
/fˈiːldzmən/
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NOUN
- a member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting
How To Use fieldsman In A Sentence
- 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. Tales of St. Austin's
- 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. Tales of St. Austin's
- Richard Gardiner has become a fieldsman with responsibility for outside canvassing, giving advice to farmers on the best ways of placing their stock and generally promoting the company.
- 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. The Book of Sports: Containing Out-door Sports, Amusements and Recreations, Including Gymnastics, Gardening & Carpentering
- Mr Taylforth, who is fieldsman for the scheme, will then go and select a lamb from the member farms to fulfil the order.
- Opposing slips fieldsman, Ruben Hart, 6, of Mt Barker and wicketkeeper Rikki Williams, 6, were ready for any chances bobbing up at Pages Beach yesterday.
- Radley pulled it, as a great laugh went up, to the very spot from which the fieldsman had been removed. Tell England A Study in a Generation
- 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.” The Inn of Tranquillity: Studies and Essays
- When the first striker is out, the fieldsman will take his place, the striker will bowl, and the bowler will take the field. The Book of Sports: Containing Out-door Sports, Amusements and Recreations, Including Gymnastics, Gardening & Carpentering
- It was a big hit, but there was a fieldsman in the neighbourhood. The Head of Kay's