Famous Cricketers No 56 - Laurence Barnard Fishlock

184. Surrey v Lancashire, Old Trafford, August 30, 31, September (1) (Match drawn) c R.Pollard b W.B.Roberts 70 350-8d 211 1 b R.Pollard 4 212 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Championship matches 28 50 3 1730 120 36.80 4 11 16 Other matches 4 7 0 220 60 31.42 - 1 5 Season 32 57 3 1950 120 36.11 4 12 21 Career 184 301 30 10583 165 39.05 23 59 127 Bowling O M R W BB Ave Championship matches 2.4 0 11 0 - - Career 95.3 14 352 9 4-62 39.11 1945 After the cessation of hostilities in Europe in May, there was a warm welcome given to the restoration of first-class cricket in England. A series of five Victory “Test” Matches was quickly arranged with the Australian Services side stationed in this country. Fishlock, who had played a good deal of top-class cricket during the war years, was selected for the last two games of the series, and made a good return to the international stage by hitting 69 in the fourth representative match. Altogether, eleven matches were granted first-class status in the season and the Surrey left-hander played in five of them, including the memorable England v Dominions encounter at Lord’s. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 185. England v Australia, Lord’s, August 6, 7, 8 (Match drawn) b J.Pettiford 69 468-7d 388 2 140-4 1 186. England v Australia, Old Trafford, August 20, 21, 22 (England won by six wickets) lbw b K.R.Miller 9 243 173 b R.G.Williams 4 141-4 210 187. England v Dominions, Lord’s, August 25, 27, 28 (Dominions won by 45 runs) c J.Pettiford b R.S.Ellis 12 287 307 run out 7 311 336 1 188. H.D.G.Leveson-Gower’s XI v New Zealand Services, Scarborough, September 1, 3, 4 (H.D.G.Leveson-Gower’s XI won by eight wickets) b T.L.Pritchard 5 472 220 not out 5 63-2 312-7d 189. H.D.G.Leveson-Gower’s XI v Australian Services, Scarborough, September 5, 6, 7 (Australian Services won by an innings and 108 runs) c S.G.Sismey b R.G.Williams 95 258 506 lbw b R.S.Ellis 37 140 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other matches 5 9 1 243 164 30.37 - 2 4 Career 189 310 31 10826 165 38.80 23 61 131 1946 The resumption of the County Championship and a full first-class programme of Tests and other games after six years saw Fishlock at his best. He scored over 2000 runs, which included five centuries and twelve fifties and was generally reckoned to be the leading left-handed batsman in the country. His performances gained him a place in the third and final Test Match against India; by then 21