Famous Cricketers No 91 - J.C.Laker

Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 439. Essex v Kent, Ilford, May 13, 14, 15 (Kent won by seven wickets) c B.W.Luckhurst b A.L.Dixon 28 209 23 5 41 4 M.H.Denness c C.Hilton 193 M.C.Cowdrey c B.R.Knight S.E.Leary c B.R.Knight D.J.Halfyard b did not bat - 205-5d 11 0 60 0 224-3 440. Essex v Warwickshire, Ilford, May 16, 18, 19 (Match drawn) did not bat - 309-5d 24 5 66 0 372-5d did not bat - 155-3 441. Essex v Glamorgan, Swansea, May 23, 25, 26 (Glamorgan won by six wickets) c P.M.Walker b G.Hughes 8 123 37 12 78 3 B.Hedges b 287-9d A.R.Lewis lbw A.H.M.Rees b c G.Hughes b E.Lewis 27 201 - - - - 38-4 442. Essex v Lancashire, Brentwood, June 3, 4, (5) (Match drawn) did not bat - 120-4 23 6 73 2 G.Pullar lbw 216 D.M.Green c C.Hilton 443. Essex v Hampshire, Southampton, June (6), 8, 9 (Essex won by five wickets) did not bat - 144-5d 20 8 33 2 R.E.Marshall c P.J.Phelan 143-4d G.L.Keith b did not bat - 202-5 12 1 37 1 G.L.Keith b 201-7d 444. Essex v Gloucestershire, Bristol, June 10, 11, 12 (Essex won by six wickets) did not bat - 262-8d 13 4 30 1 A.S.Brown b 253 did not bat - 184-4 13 3 42 1 B.J.Meyer c B.E.A.Edmeades 189-5d 445. Essex v Middlesex, Lord’s, June 27, 29, 30 (Essex won by six wickets) lbw b F.J.Titmus 20 249 20 5 40 1 F.J.Titmus c C.Hilton 274-8d 1 did not bat - 255-4 11 3 21 0 226-4d 446. Essex v Northamptonshire, Northampton, July 15, 16, 17 (Northamptonshire won by an innings and 34 runs) b P.J.Watts 16 157 19 3 56 2 A.Lightfoot st B.Taylor 340-8d 1 D.S.Steele c and b not out 11 149 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Championship 8 6 1 110 28 22.00 - - 2 Career 446 546 108 7298 113 16.66 2 18 269 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Championship 226 55 577 17 4/41 33.94 - - 79.76 42.55 Career (6-ball) 15866.4 5215 } 35357 1930 10/53 18.31 126 32 52.10 35.15 (8-ball) 671 184 1964/65 - Cavaliers in the West Indies Jim Laker had one final tour with the Cavaliers to the West Indies in the winter of 1964/65 before hanging up his boots for good. He played in four matches in Jamaica and Barbados taking fourteen wickets at an average of 31. This total included his 127th and last haul of five wickets in an innings when he took five for 54 in the opening match against Jamaica. In the last bowl of his career he took four for 101 at Bridgetown against Barbados. He batted twice scoring just six runs which took him over 7,300 career runs at an overall average of 16.60 and he took one catch to complete a career total of 270. He finished fifty-six wickets short of 2000 in his career with an average of 18.41. 62