Famous Cricketers No 91 - J.C.Laker

did not bat - 151-7 15 1 42 4 R.A.Hutton c sub 125-8d R.Illingworth c B.Taylor A.Clarkson lbw M.Ryan c B.E.A.Edmeades SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Championship 10 12 5 95 24* 13.57 - - 4 Career 436 539 106 7188 113 16.60 2 18 266 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Championship 374 128 828 43 7/89 19.25 2 1 52.18 36.89 Career (6-ball) 15568.4 5147 } 34559 1908 10/53 18.11 126 32 51.77 34.98 (8-ball) 671 184 1963/64 - Cavaliers in the West Indies Jim Laker paid his third visit to the West Indies as a member of a Cavaliers side in the winter of 1963/64. He took part in two matches in Jamaica taking five wickets at an average of 44.20. Amongst his victims were F.M.M.Worrell and M.L.C.Foster, both West Indian Test batsmen. He only batted once scoring nought not out and he took one catch. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 437. Cavaliers v Jamaica, Sabina Park, Kingston January 15, 16, 17, 18 (Cavaliers won by four wickets) not out 0 163 23 4 81 2 G.A.Robinson c T.G.Evans 279 J.L.Hendriks b did not bat - 377-6 16 1 47 0 260-6d 438. Cavaliers v Jamaica, Sabina Park, Kingston January 22, 23, 24 (Cavaliers won by five wickets) did not bat - 297-6d 15 4 50 2 F.M.M.Worrell c J.T.Murray 185 1 J.L.Hendriks b did not bat - 135-5 18 4 43 1 M.L.C.Foster lbw 246 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Tour 2 1 1 0 0* - - - 1 Career 438 540 107 7188 113 16.60 2 18 267 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Tour 72 13 221 5 2/50 44.20 - - 86.40 51.15 Career (6-ball) 15640.4 5160 } 34780 1913 10/53 18.18 126 32 51.86 35.05 (8-ball) 671 184 1964 In Jim Laker’s final first-class season in England, he played in eight Championship matches for Essex and took seventeen wickets at an average of 33.94. His best figures were the four for 41 that he took against Kent at Ilford and his wickets this year were more costly in terms both of balls per wicket and runs per hundred balls. His powers were now, perhaps, on the wane and it was time for him to finish his great career. As a batsman he played six innings scoring 110 runs at an average of 22 and he took two catches. 61