Famous Cricketers No 56 - Laurence Barnard Fishlock

of which had he been able to do himself any sort of justice. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 217. M.C.C. v Combined XI, Perth, October 17, 18, 19 (Match drawn) c G.T.Kessey b C.W.Puckett 11 302 462 218. M.C.C. v Combined XI, Hobart, January 10, 11, 13 (Match drawn) lbw b S.G.Barnes 52 278 374 c and b I.W.Johnson 46 353-9d 145-2 1 219. M.C.C. v Tasmania, Launceston, January 15, 16, 17 (Match drawn) c M.R.Thomas b C.G.Richardson 20 467-5d - - - - 103 1 0 3 0 129-6 1 220. M.C.C. v South Australia, Adelaide, January 24, 25, 27, 28 (Match drawn) c B.Dooland b N.H.Oswald 57 577 443 c V.R.Gibson b N.H.Oswald 26 152-2 221. M.C.C. v Victoria, Melbourne, February 14, 15, 17, 18 (Match drawn) c A.L.Hassett b F.W.Freer 51 355 327 1 b D.T.Ring 11 118 222. M.C.C. v New South Wales, Sydney, February 21, 22, 24, 25 (Match drawn) c and b F.F.Johnston 0 266 342 not out 11 205-3 262-6d 223. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, 5th Test, Sydney, February 28, March (1), 3, 4, 5 (Australia won by five wickets) b C.L.McCool 14 280 253 1 lbw b R.R.Lindwall 0 186 214-5 224. M.C.C. v Wellington, Wellington, March 10, 11, 12 (M.C.C. won by 214 runs) c J.R.Lamason b R.McMurray 0 176 160 c E.W.T.Tindill b R.McMurray 16 271-6d 73 1 225. M.C.C. v Otago, Dunedin, March 15, 17, 18 (Match drawn) c W.A.Hadlee b A.McDougall 3 385-6d 340 b A.McDougall 4 216-9 262-7d 226. M.C.C. v Auckland, Auckland, March 28, 29 (M.C.C. won by an innings and 65 runs) c W.N.Snedden b J.Cowie 7 240 85 90 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other matches 10 17 1 329 57 20.56 - 3 5 Career 226 373 34 13376 172 40.48 28 76 144 Bowling O M R W BB Ave Other matches 1 0 3 0 - - Career 119.3 17 421 9 4-62 46.77 1947 The golden summer of 1947, in which many batting records were broken in a season of almost unbroken sunshine, largely passed Fishlock by. He was stricken down with appendicitis on 13th May after playing in three friendly games, and did not appear again until the middle of July. He still managed to complete his thousand runs for the season, however, and finished with three centuries and an average of over forty. 24