mid-on Cricket.
[Cf. prec.]
A fieldsman on the on-side, in front of the batsman and near the bowler. Also the place where this player stands.
| 1870 Times 20 July 10/3 At 21 Smith was caught at mid-on. 1873 J. Pycroft Cricket Field (ed. 6) xii. 289 Some bowlers prefer to dispense with long-leg... In case of his removal it would be well to place him at mid-on. 1881 Daily News 9 July 2 Routledge was neatly caught by mid-on running in at 194. 1888 A. G. Steel Cricket (Badm. Libr.) 208 On a true hard wicket we never like to see a captain putting his mid-on or short-leg close to the batsman, to field what is called ‘silly’ mid-on. 1891 W. G. Grace Cricket 265 Mid-on is one of the easiest places in the field. 1955 Times 12 May 4/5 Twenty-five minutes afterwards Watson lost patience with himself and mis-hit Anderson to mid-on and then Lowson, chancing his arm in the same sort of way, was well caught also at mid-on. 1959 [see check v.1 16 d]. 1974 Observer 9 June 24/7 He hit one excellent four..and a single, and then holed out to mid-on. |