Famous Cricketers No 91 - J.C.Laker

29 6 78 4 J.R.Reid c D.V.P.Wright 308-9d G.O.Rabone lbw T.B.Burtt c D.C.S.Compton J.Cowie c D.V.P.Wright 81. Surrey v Hampshire, Portsmouth, August 17, 18, 19 (Hampshire won by three wickets) b D.Shackleton 15 403 46 16 97 3 N.H.Rogers b 335 2 C.Walker st A.J.W.McIntyre D.E.Blake b not out 7 180-5d 10.1 0 53 1 D.E.Blake b 251-7 82. Surrey v Middlesex, Lord’s, August 20, 22, 23 (Surrey won by 52 runs) c L.H.Compton b J.M.Sims 8 259 42 10 102 2 J.G.Dewes c H.S.Squires 359 2 L.H.Compton c and b c W.J.Edrich b J.A.Young 14 246 3 1 18 0 94 83. Surrey v Warwickshire, Kennington Oval, August 24, 25, 26 (Warwickshire won by 119 runs) st R.T.Spooner b A.H.Kardar 1 138 33 10 81 1 A.H.Kardar lbw 232 1 b A.H.Kardar 6 126 25.5 10 42 8 F.C.Gardner lbw 151 D.D.S.Taylor st A.J.W.McIntyre J.S.Ord b D.M.W.Heath c G.A.R.Lock A.H.Kardar b R.T.Spooner c A.J.W.McIntyre C.W.C.Grove b T.L.Pritchard b 84. Surrey v Worcestershire, Worcester, August 27, 29, 30 (Worcestershire won by 109 runs) c R.O.Jenkins b R.Howorth 7 180 17 4 42 0 142 c L.F.Outschoorn b R.Howorth 0 107 20 12 21 1 R.Howorth c W.S.Surridge 254 85. Surrey v Sussex, Hove, August 31, September 1, 2 (Match drawn) c C.Oakes b D.J.Wood 21 283 27 10 60 1 J.Langridge c M.R.Barton 321-6d did not bat - 130-5 13 3 32 2 G.H.G.Doggart b 217-8d H.T.Bartlett c E.A.Bedser 86. Surrey XI v The Rest, Kingston-on-Thames, September 3, 5, 6 (Surrey XI won by four wickets) c J.T.Ikin b B.L.Muncer 8 233 11 3 27 0 175 not out 17 183-6 20 4 42 1 A.E.Fagg lbw 240 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test match 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - - Championship 22 31 5 384 40 14.76 - - 23 Other Surrey matches 4 6 1 154 100 30.80 1 - 2 Other match 1 1 1 10 10* - - - - Season 28 39 7 548 100 17.12 1 - 25 Career 86 124 24 1999 100 19.99 1 5 59 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Test match 32 6 89 4 4/78 22.25 - - 48.00 46.35 Championship 931 345 1851 104 8/42 17.79 7 1 53.71 33.13 Other Surrey matches 191 54 425 13 6/112 32.69 1 - 88.15 37.08 Other match 38 14 57 1 1/57 57.00 - - 228.00 25.00 Season 1192 419 2422 122 8/42 19.85 8 1 58.62 33.86 Career 3275.2 934 7887 349 8/42 22.59 20 1 56.30 40.13 1950 Laker took 166 wickets in first-class cricket in 1950 averaging 15.32 per wicket. He finished fourth in the national averages, effectively second of the main bowlers as two of those above him, A.Hamer and J.C.Boucher, took only fifteen and eighteen wickets respectively. Undoubtedly his finest performance was in the Test trial at Bradford when he returned the following remarkable analysis: overs 14, maidens 12, runs 2, wickets 8. These figures still feature in fourth place in the 2005 Wisden 16