fieldsman
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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
Or, he glanced the ball fine to allow the long-leg fieldsman no chance.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 31, 2011
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.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 14th, 1920 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
He is also one of the finest fieldsmen in Australian cricket and the energy he brings to his game is impressive.
From The Guardian ● May 1, 2013
Mischievous fieldsmen would often imitate your batting partner in calling you for an impossible run.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 5, 2011
Their pacemen imposed themselves on lesser players; their fieldsmen were ever alert even when the outcome of the match was decided, which was not, of course, until the departure of Kevin O'Brien.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 15, 2011
One of the hottest fieldsmen in the School.
From Tales of St. Austin's by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
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