fieldsman
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fieldsmen
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Tom Screeton works as a senior agriculture fieldsman at Birds Eye looking after pea fields in East Yorkshire.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2025
The young fieldsman, heart plunging through his shoes, already knew exactly what was going on.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 13, 2018
He was known for graceful drives to the offside, but was also a deft and twinkle-footed player of spin, and a brilliant cover fieldsman.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 19, 2013
He is a brilliant fieldsman, always a good sign.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 12, 2010
Wick′et-door, -gate, a wicket; Wick′et-keep′er, in cricket, the fieldsman who stands immediately behind the wicket.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Then he goes the other way, hanging back a bit but timing his push well enough to split three fieldsmen and just beat the chasing Warner into the cover rope.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 5, 2016
Other than smiting a perfectly respectable Tim Bresnan delivery into the stands beyond long-on, he caressed the ball usually square of the wicket on the off side wherever the fieldsmen weren't.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 15, 2012
Mischievous fieldsmen would often imitate your batting partner in calling you for an impossible run.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 5, 2011
Even their better fieldsmen, Michael Clarke – as well as Hussey – have been dropping catches.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 5, 2010
One of the hottest fieldsmen in the School.
From Tales of St. Austin's by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
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