Noun

(fieldsmen)

fielder

* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=March 19, author=AAP, title=India 4-278 at stumps, work=Herald Sun citation

, passage=The batsmen took an easy single as the ball approached the fieldsman but Gambhir called for a second on the throw and Franklin uprooted the non-striker's stumps. }}

* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=Ernest Raymond, title=Tell England, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=Radley pulled it, as a great laugh went up, to the very spot from which the fieldsman had been removed. }}

* {{quote-book, year=1920, author=Various, title=Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, July 14th, 1920, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=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. }}

* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=Norman Gale, title=More Cricket Songs, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=Watch the flying fieldsman , Keen to save the fourer, Gallop past the wooden box Sacred to the scorer! }}

* {{quote-book, year=1873, author=Various, title=The World's Greatest Books, Vol VI., chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=William Grey, 1; Samuel Long, 2; James Brown, 3; George and John Simmons, one capital, the other so-so--an uncertain hitter, but a good fieldsman , 5; Joel Brent, excellent, 6; Ben Appleton--here was a little pause, for Ben's abilities at cricket were not completely ascertained, but then he was a good fellow, so full of fun and waggery! }}

Noun

(fieldmen)

(cricket) A fielder.

An employee who works in the field rather than at at office; a field agent.

*1977 , , The Honourable Schoolboy , Folio Society 2010, p. 5:

*:‘Westerby was the stick that poked the fire,’ he declared curtly, ending the silence. ‘Any fieldman would have done as well, some a damn sight better.’