cover point
Cricket. the position and the player stationed near the point.
Lacrosse. the position and the player stationed before the point.
Origin of cover point
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How to use cover point in a sentence
He gave the simplest of chances to cover point, and Buller's rarely missed their catches.
The Loom of Youth | Alec WaughThen the last man came in, and the first thing he did was to send up a nice little dolly catch to Eric at cover-point.
Frank was caught at cover point, having added twenty-eight since Thompson left him, the other three being credited to Childers.
By Sheer Pluck | G. A. HentySome balls he hit to “leg,” and some he cut with terrific force past “cover-point.”
Parkhurst Boys | Talbot Baines ReedCover-point was the doctor, and probably the safest man in the whole field to whom to send a catch.
The Lonely Unicorn | Alec Waugh
British Dictionary definitions for cover point
cricket
a fielding position in the covers
a fielder in this position
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