Famous Cricketers No 93 - Keith Fletcher O.B.E.

323 1 175. Essex v Lancashire Chelmsford, August 26, 27, 28 (Lancashire won by 24 runs) c J.S.Savage b D.Lloyd 48 217-5d 331 lbw b K.Shuttleworth 86 218† 128 176. Essex v Kent, Dover, August 30, 31 (Kent won by nine wickets) c J.N.Shepherd b J.N.Graham 13 93 - - - - 156 c M.C.Cowdrey b J.N.Graham 21 102 0.1 0 4 0 42-1 177. T.N.Pearce’s XI v Pakistanis, Scarborough, September 2, 4, 5 (Match drawn) b Salahuddin 29 310-7d - - - - 365-7d lbw b Niaz Ahmad 3 144-6 2 0 12 0 141-9d 178. MCC v Yorkshire, Scarborough, September 9, 11, 12 (Yorkshire won by 39 runs) c J.H.Hampshire b A.G.Nicholson 20 132 145 1 c J.H.Hampshire b A.G.Nicholson 42 195† 221 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Championship 28 49 1 1639 118* 34.14 1 13 29 Other Essex matches 2 4 1 115 41 38.33 - - 1 Other matches 3 5 1 108 42 27.00 - - 3 Season 33 58 3 1862 118* 33.85 1 13 33 Career 178 311 32 8354 125 29.94 7 48 172 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i Championship 4.4 0 44 0 - - - Other matches 2 0 12 0 - - - Season 6.4 0 56 0 - - - Career 59.4 11 232 6 4-50 38.66 - 1967/68 - International XI in Africa and Asia A three-month tour of Africa and Asia was undertaken by a party of fourteen county cricketers. The tourists played twenty-one matches of which four were first-class. The side returned undefeated having travelled over 30,000 miles by air. In the three first-class matches in which he played, Fletcher found excellent form, his century against the Indian XI coming in just over two hours. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 179.$ International XI v Board of Control for Pakistan XI, Karachi, February 16, 17, 18, 19 (International XI won by 43 runs) b Saeed Ahmed 19 182 246 not out 108 351-7d† 244 1 180. International XI v Indian XI, Bombay, February 23, 24, 25, 26 (International XI won by 182 runs) c B.K.Kunderan b E.D.Solkar 37 255 138 not out 107 314-7d† 249 181.$ International XI, v Ceylon’s President’s XI, Colombo, March 5, 6, 7 (International XI won by 194 runs) c H.I.K.Fernando b M.A.H.Fuard 5 179 42 1 not out 82 155-2d† 98 1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other matches 3 6 3 358 108* 119.33 2 1 3 Career 181 317 35 8712 125 30.89 9 49 175 19