Famous Cricketers No 56 - Laurence Barnard Fishlock

34. Surrey v Yorkshire, Bramall Lane, July 6, 8, 9 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 120 runs) b H.Fisher 13 206 1 0 7 0 582-7d 1 b M.Leyland 53 256 35. Surrey v Kent, Blackheath, July 13, 15, 16 (Surrey won by eight wickets) c and b C.Lewis 11 380 335 2 did not bat - 147-2 191 36. Surrey v Lancashire, Kennington Oval, July 20, 22, 23 (Lancashire won by eight wickets) c G.Duckworth b W.E.Phillipson 41 321 307 c G.Duckworth b E.Paynter 48 225-6d 240-2 37. Surrey v Essex, Clacton-on-Sea, July 24, 25, 26 (Essex won by 35 runs) c H.D.Read b V.J.Evans 11 261 160 1 st J.R.Sheffield b J.W.A.Stephenson 1 84 220 3 38. Surrey v Kent, Kennington Oval, July 27, 29, 30 (Kent won by ten wickets) c A.P.F.Chapman b C.S.Marriott 1 290 579-8d 1 c W.H.Ashdown b A.P.Freeman 35 368 80-0 39. Surrey v South Africans, Kennington Oval, July 31, August 1 (South Africans won by an innings and 205 runs) c A.C.B.Langton b C.L.Vincent 82 183 572 1 b B.Mitchell 30 184 40. Surrey v Nottinghamshire, Kennington Oval, August 3, 5, 6 (Match drawn) lbw b W.Voce 4 332 399 1 did not bat - 153 215-7d 41. Surrey v Middlesex, Kennington Oval, August 7, 8, 9 (Match drawn) c W.F.F.Price b R.W.V.Robins 72 393 536 lbw b C.I.J.Smith 105 347-6 42. Surrey v Hampshire, Kennington Oval, August 10, 12, 13 (Surrey won by eight wickets) b G.Hill 21 550 365 did not bat - 96-2 280 43. Surrey v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, August 14, 15, 16 (Match drawn) b W.E.Hollies 137 409 - - - - 371 8 1 22 1 F.R.Santall c F.R.Brown 261-5 44. Surrey v Somerset, Yeovil, August 17, 19 (Surrey won by eight wickets) b A.W.Wellard 2 188 149 did not bat - 160-2 196 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Championship matches 23 35 3 1204 137 37.62 3 7 21 Other matches 4 7 0 262 82 37.42 - 2 2 Season 27 42 3 1466 137 37.58 3 9 23 Career 44 71 6 2170 137 33.38 3 14 43 Bowling O M R W BB Ave Championship matches 9 1 29 1 1-22 29.00 Season 9 1 29 1 1-22 29.00 Career 84 12 273 9 4-62 30.33 1936 Fishlock made a great advance in this season and by general consensus became one of the leading left-handed batsmen in the country. His seasonal aggregate increased to over 2,000 for the first time, and he scored five centuries in all, of which two were not out in the Sussex match at The Oval. He played in two of the Test matches against the Indians and also for the Players at Lord’s. It was no 11