Famous Cricketers No 91 - J.C.Laker

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 2 3 1 46 27 23.00 - - 1 Championship 23 32 4 553 89 19.75 - 4 18 Other Surrey matches 2 2 0 24 16 12.00 - - 2 Other match 1 1 1 1 1* - - - 1 Season 28 38 6 624 89 19.50 - 4 22 Career 154 214 37 3383 100 19.11 1 11 108 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Test matches 111 30 208 14 6/55 14.85 1 1 47.57 31.23 Championship 1081.3 330 2286 115 7/65 19.87 10 3 56.42 35.22 Other Surrey matches 66 19 136 13 6/19 10.46 1 1 30.46 34.34 Other match 43 21 51 7 7/36 7.28 1 - 36.85 19.76 Season 1301.3 400 2681 149 7/36 17.99 13 5 52.40 34.33 Career 6302 1987 13691 700 8/2 19.55 48 11 54.01 36.20 1951/52 – in New Zealand Laker apppeared in four matches for Auckland, New Zealand, in the winter of 1951/52. It was to be his only cricketing visit to that country and he performed well taking twenty-four wickets in the matches that he played at an average of 15.79. He had match figures of ten for 121 against Wellington at Auckland and he took five for 44 in the first innings against Otago at Dunedin. Auckland won three of the four matches, losing to Canterbury at Christchurch in the only match in which Laker failed to make an impression as a bowler. Besides his bowling, Laker made 77 runs in four innings at an average of 19.25 and took three catches. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 155. Auckland v Otago, Dunedin, December 29, 31, January 1, 2 (Auckland won by six wickets) b G.W.F.Overton 7 188 25.1 9 44 5 W.S.Haig b 161 E.A.Watson b L.D.Smith c L.A.W.Kent I.W.Payne b V.A.C.McCarley c D.D.Coleman did not bat - 187-4 43 22 48 3 W.S.Haig b 213 1 A.M.Moir b V.A.C.McCarley b 156. Auckland v Canterbury, Christchurch, January 4, 5, 7, 8 (Canterbury won by ten wickets) run out 11 170 39 15 70 1 A.R.MacGibbon c G.O.Rabone 263 1 b A.R.MacGibbon 24 222 6 1 24 0 130-0 157. Auckland v Central Districts, Auckland, January 25, 26, 28 (Auckland won by an innings and 227 runs) did not bat - 526-4d 38 18 48 2 D.D.Beard c J.H.Worrall 200 I.B.Leggat c J.H.Worrall 16 2 24 3 I.B.Leggat lbw 99 H.B.Cave c D.D.Coleman G.S.Botting c G.O.Rabone 158. Auckland v Wellington, Auckland, February 1, 2, 4 (Auckland won by seven wickets) b J.R.Reid 35 301 35.5 14 53 5 T.Meale c T.S.Hambrook 209 1 R.F.Romanos b A.F.Nightingale c G.O.Rabone L.G.Williams c and b R.W.Blair b did not bat - 70-3 25.1 7 68 5 R.F.Romanos b 160 A.F.Nightingale b E.W.Dempster c T.S.Hambrook F.E.Fisher c G.O.Rabone R.W.Blair c J.B.Morris 26