Famous Cricketers No 56 - Laurence Barnard Fishlock

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Championship matches 25 44 3 1414 139* 34.48 3 9 8 Other matches 5 8 1 175 62 25.00 - 1 1 Season 30 52 4 1589 139* 33.10 3 10 9 Career 391 658 51 24250 253 39.95 55 128 208 1952 Fishlock’s last season in first-class cricket coincided with Surrey’s first outright Championship title since 1914. He played an important part in his county’s triumph under the new and inspired captaincy of W.S.Surridge. He played in 21 of Surrey’s Championship games, although dropping down the batting order. Altogether, he scored over 1000 runs for the twelfth consecutive full English season, making one century and six fifties. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 392. Surrey v M.C.C., Lord’s, May 3, (5), 6 (Match drawn) did not bat - 4-0 185-9d 1 393. Surrey v Indians, Kennington Oval, May 7, 8, 9 (Surrey won by 141 runs) c M.K.Mantri b G.S.Ramchand 57 219 158 run out 10 188 108 394. Surrey v Gloucestershire, Kennington Oval, May 10, 11, 12 (Surrey won by 135 runs) b B.D.Wells 72 151 91 c J.F.Crapp b F.P.McHugh 16 205 130 395. Surrey v Sussex, Kennington Oval, May 17, 19, 20 (Surrey won by ten wickets) b A.E.James 20 432-7d 365-9d did not bat - 71-0 136 396. Surrey v Warwickshire, Kennington Oval, May 28, 29 (Surrey won by 69 runs) b T.L.Pritchard 1 154 105 c H.E.Dollery b R.T.Weeks 3 138 118 1 397. Surrey v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, May 31, June 2, 3 (Surrey won by 210 runs) st E.A.Meads b F.W.Stocks 14 339-8d 222 c A.Jepson b R.T.Simpson 33 145-6d 52 398. Surrey v Leicestershire, Kennington Oval, June 4, 5, 6 (Match drawn) b C.T.Spencer 81 327 289 not out 102 231-2d 28-2 399. Surrey v Gloucestershire, Bristol, June 7, 9 (Surrey won by an innings and 115 runs) c D.T.L.Bailey b C.Cook 40 339 136 1 88 400. Surrey v Glamorgan, Llanelli, June 11, 12, 13 (Match drawn) b A.J.Watkins 8 248 257 c W.G.A.Parkhouse b B.L.Muncer 6 133-4 401. Surrey v Essex, Kennington Oval, June 14, 16, 17 (Surrey won by 134 runs) lbw b W.T.Greensmith 42 256-7d 118 c P.A.Gibb b K.C.Preston 5 200-7d 204 402. Surrey v Cambridge University, Kennington Oval, June 18, 19, 20 (Surrey won by an innings and 40 runs) c C.J.M.Kenny b C.N.McCarthy 12 364-6d 102 222 1 403. Surrey v Kent, Blackheath, June 21, 23, 24 (Surrey won by nine wickets) b D.V.P.Wright 6 346 217 did not bat - 72-1 200 404. Surrey v Somerset, Kennington Oval, July 2, 3, 4 (Surrey won by an innings and 180 runs) st H.W.Stephenson b H.L.Hazell 21 384-5d 89 115 36