Famous Cricketers No 91 - J.C.Laker

380. Surrey v Worcestershire, Kennington Oval, September 3, (4), 5 (Worcestershire won by 117 runs) did not bat - 110-2d 12 2 46 0 230 c D.N.F.Slade b J.A.Flavell 1 57 6 1 25 2 P.E.Richardson c M.J.Stewart 54-5d D.W.Richardson c K.F.Barrington SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 4 3 1 27 15 13.50 - - 2 Championship 20 21 2 254 59 13.36 - 1 7 Other Surrey matches 4 5 3 44 23* 22.00 - - 1 Season 28 29 6 325 59 14.13 - 1 10 Career 380 473 89 6642 113 17.29 2 18 241 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Test matches 131 67 173 17 5/17 10.17 1 - 46.23 22.01 Championship 666.5 237 1263 93 8/46 13.58 6 2 43.02 31.56 Other Surrey matches 85 26 215 6 2/25 35.83 - - 85.00 42.15 Season 882.5 330 1651 116 8/46 14.23 7 2 45.66 31.16 Career (6-ball) 14017.3 4677 } 30194 1698 10/53 17.78 111 27 51.36 34.61 (8-ball) 388.7 121 1958/59 – MCC in Australia This was Jim Laker’s only tour of Australia. Faced with a number of players out for revenge for the humiliations he had inflicted upon them in England in 1956, he proved that he could hold his own in Australian conditions by heading the England Test match averages. He took fifteen wickets in the four Tests that he played, he missed the fourth Test at Adelaide through injury. These wickets cost him 21.20 runs apiece and they included figures of five for 107 at Sydney and four for 93 at Melbourne. Repeated batting failures meant that England seldom had enough runs to play with and the absence of J.H.Wardle who had bowled so well in South Africa did not help the cause. In other matches Laker took ten wickets for 101 in the match against South Australia at Adelaide and six for 82 against an Australian XI at Sydney. In all matches he took thirty-eight wickets at 17.23. He scored 107 runs at an average of 10.70 and took one catch. Along with other famous names such as Trevor Bailey and Tom Graveney he was discarded by England after this tour. Although Graveney was to force his way back later in his career, Laker never did. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 381. MCC v Combined XI, Perth, October 24, 25, 27, 28 (Match drawn) b R.B.Strauss 2 349 26 7 55 2 C.C.McDonald c M.C.Cowdrey 260 N.C.O’Neill c M.C.Cowdrey did not bat - 257-4 382. MCC v South Australia, Adelaide, October 31, November 1, 3 (MCC won by nine wickets) c L.E.Favell b J.W.Martin 12 245 17.3 5 31 5 G.B.Stevens b 165 D.Harris c T.E.Bailey C.J.Pinch c T.W.Graveney B.N.Jarman c T.W.Graveney J.Drennan c M.C.Cowdrey did not bat - 115-1 25.6 6 70 5 L.E.Favell c T.W.Graveney 194 D.Harris st R.Swetman H.N.Dansie c F.S.Trueman B.N.Jarman c R.Swetman J.Drennan c M.C.Cowdrey 383. MCC v Victoria, Melbourne, November 7, 8, 10, 11 (MCC won by 87 runs) b L.F.Kline 12 396 26 7 61 1 C.C.McDonald lbw 252 did not bat - 149-3d - - - - 206 54