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Definition of Mid-off
1. Noun. The fielding position in cricket closest to the bowler on the off side.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mid-off
Literary usage of Mid-off
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Frederick George Aflalo, Hedley Peek (1897)
"mid-off— A fieldsman on the ... Mid-wicket— Another name for mid-on or mid-off.
• Notches — An old name for ... Silly — Applied to point, mid-on and mid-off ..."
2. Cricket by Allan Gibson Steel, Robert Henry Lyttelton, William Gilbert Grace, Richard Arthur Henry Mitchell, Frederick Gale, Andrew Lang (1898)
"mid-off must back up behind the bowler when the ball is thrown in from long-leg,
... Mid-on backs up the bowler when it is thrown from mid-off, cover-point, ..."
3. Cricket by William Gilbert Grace (1891)
"mid-off. The position of mid-off is rather more difficult to fill than that of
mid-on, especially to a slow left-hand bowler. The ball has a slight twist on ..."
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