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

267.$ Essex v Gloucestershire, Chelmsford, August 29, 31, September 1 (Match drawn) not out 169 325-8d† 308 1 b J.B.Mortimore 0 215-6 237 268.$ An England XI v An England Under 25 XI, Scarborough, September (2), 3, 4 (An England XI won by seven wickets) c A.W.Greig b P.J.Graves 16 156-5d 240-7d b G.R.J.Roope 64 275-3 189-4d 269. MCC v Yorkshire, Scarborough, September 9, 10, 11 (Yorkshire won by seven wickets) c D.L.Bairstow b R.A.Hutton 0 247 316-6d c D.L.Bairstow b R.A.Hutton 1 206 138-3 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Championship 15 27 3 1082 169* 45.08 3 5 11 Other Essex matches 3 3 1 136 117 68.00 1 - 6 Other matches 7 14 2 514 89 42.83 - 6 5 Season 25 44 6 1732 169* 45.57 4 11 22 Career 269 463 55 13901 228* 34.07 19 79 261 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i Championship 8 0 43 0 - - - Other Essex matches 8.5 1 36 2 2-36 18.00 - Other matches 2 0 12 0 - - - Season 18.5 1 91 2 2-36 45.50 - Career 140.5 19 608 11 4-50 55.27 - 1970/71 - MCC in Australia and New Zealand This tour, Fletcher’s first to Australia, was one of mixed fortunes for him. He began the tour in excellent form, struggled for runs mid-way through and then as his form showed signs of returning he broke a bone in his right hand. The break was not picked up immediately, thought to be ligament damage, and he played in the Adelaide and the second Sydney Tests under considerable handicap. His average of 34.50 in the four innings of those two Tests put his effort into true perspective, demonstrating yet again his tremendous fighting spirit. In all he played in six Tests, five in Australia and one in New Zealand but he managed only one 50. He captured his first Test wicket, that of Bill Lawry, in the First Test at Brisbane. In at the kill, it was Fletcher who caught Terry Jenner off Derek Underwood, at Sydney, to bring the Australians’ second innings to an end, and with it the Ashes. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 270.$$ MCC v South Australia, Adelaide, October 30, 31, November 1, 2 (Match drawn) b K.J.McCarthy 70 451-9d 649-9d c B.A.Richards b I.M.Chappell 80 235-4 271. MCC v New South Wales, Sydney, November 13, 14, 15, 16 (Match drawn) c K.J.O’Keeffe b G.R.Davies 20 204 8 0 53 0 410-5d not out 51 325-1 272. MCC v Queensland, Brisbane, November 20, 21, 22, 23 (Match drawn) c P.H.Carlson b R.E.Parker 77 418-4 4 1 21 1 P.H.Carlson c and b 360 1 273. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Brisbane, November 27, 28, 29, December 1, 2 (Match drawn) c R.W.Marsh b G.D.McKenzie 34 464 - - - - 433 did not bat - 39-1 9 1 48 1 W.M.Lawry c J.A.Snow 214 274.$ MCC v Western Australia, Perth, December 5, 6, 7, 8 (Match drawn) c R.J.Inverarity b G.A.R.Lock1 258-3d 2 0 14 0 257-5d 1 run out 45 256-6 6.3 0 43 3 R.J.Inverarity c G.Boycott 285 2 L.Varis st R.W.Taylor A.L.Mann c sub (J.A.Snow) 27