Editing Obstructing the field (section)

==Earliest recorded instance==
The first known instance of a player being dismissed in a manner equivalent to the modern term 'Obstructing the field' occurred in a minor match at Sheffield on 27 August 1792, between [[Sheffield Cricket Club]] and Bents Green. The Bents Green player John Shaw, who scored 7 in the first innings, had his dismissal recorded as "run out of the ground to hinder a catch". The information was recorded by [[G. B. Buckley]] who found it in the ''Sheffield Advertiser'' dated 31 August 1792. Sheffield won by 10 wickets in a match that was notable for two other reasons, these being that it was the first match played in [[Yorkshire]] for which full scores are recorded and it was the earliest known instance of a three innings match.<ref>Buckley, pp. 27–28.</ref>