Famous Cricketers No 91 - J.C.Laker

8/46 & 4/32 Surrey v Sussex Hove 1958 5/31 & 5/70 MCC v South Australia Adelaide 1958/59 3/28 & 7/38 Surrey v Sussex Guildford 1959 5/53 & 6/27 Surrey v Gloucestershire Gloucester 1959 7/73 & 6/86 Essex v Kent Dover 1962 6/69 & 4/57 Essex v Northamptonshire Romford 1963 Principal Bowling Feats Most wickets in a Test Series: Only S.F.Barnes, for England v South Africa in 1913/14, has taken more wickets in a Test Series than Laker did against Australia in 1956. Their respective figures are: S.F.Barnes Tests 4, Runs 536, wickets 49, Average 10.73, Balls per wicket 27.67, 5wi 7, 10wm 3 J.C.Laker Tests 5, Runs 442, wickets 46, Average 9.60, Balls per wicket 37.02, 5wi 4, 10wm 2 Best Bowling Figures in a Test Innings: 10-53 England v Australia, Old Trafford 1956 Best Bowling Figures in a Test Match: 19-90 England v Australia, Old Trafford 1956 (Both unequalled records) Highest Wicket Aggregates for English Spin Bowlers M Runs Wkts BB Ave 5wi 10wm S/Rate D.L.Underwood 86 7674 297 8/51 25.83 17 6 73.60 J.C.LAKER 46 4101 193 10/53 21.24 9 3 62.31 G.A.R.Lock 49 4451 174 7/35 25.58 9 3 25.58 F.J.Titmus 53 4931 153 7/79 32.22 7 - 98.81 H.Verity 40 3510 144 8/43 24.37 5 2 77.59 J.E.Emburey 60 5105 138 7/78 36.99 6 - 103.09 Fifty or More Wickets in a Month May 1951 Innings 16, wickets 60, average 13.53, BB 7-36, 5wi 7, 10wm 3 June 1950 Innings 16, wickets 55, average 13.80, BB 8-45, 5wi 4, 10wm 3 Conceding Less than One Run per Over in an Innings (minimum 20 overs) RpO 24-20-13-2 0.54 England v West Indies Edgbaston 1957 36-23-27-3 0.75 England v New Zealand (2nd inns) Headingley 1958 22-11-17-5 0.77 England v New Zealand (1st inns) Headingley 1958 30.2-17-25-6 0.82 Surrey v Leicestershire Kennington Oval 1953 28-12-24-0 0.85 Surrey v Leicestershire Loughborough 1958 21-13-20-1 0.95 Surrey v Nottinghamshire Kennington Oval 1957 Also noteworthy 14-12-8-2 0.14 England v The Rest Bradford 1950 13-10-3-1 0.23 Surrey v Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge 1958 14-11-5-6 0.31 Surrey v Nottinghamshire Kennington Oval 1955 18-14-8-3 0.44 England v Australia Kennington Oval 1956 14.1-9-7-2 (8b) 0.49 England v South Africa Cape Town 1956/57 Note: In the two matches against Leicestershire in 1953 Laker conceded 104 runs from 96.2 overs. Best Position in National First-Class Averages 4th in 1950 and 1957; 6th in 1956, 1958 and 1962 87