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

349.$ MCC Tour XI v The Rest, Hove, May 30, 31, June 1 (The Rest won by four wickets) c C.T.Radley b b R.A.Woolmer 14 187 246 not out 69 228-2d 170-6 1 350. ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND, Trent Bridge, June 7, 8, 9, 11, 12 (England won by 38 runs) lbw b D.R.Hadlee 17 250 97 b D.R.Hadlee 8 325-8d 440 351. Essex v Gloucestershire, Gloucester, June 16, 18, 19 (Match drawn) c R.B.Nichols b J.B.Mortimore 38 196† 318-7d 134-2 352. ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND, Lord’s, June 21, 22, 23, 25, 26 (Match drawn) c B.F.Hasting b H.J.Howarth25 253 551-9d 1 c B.R.Taylor b R.O.Collinge 178 463-9† 353. Essex v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, June 30, July 2, 3 (Match drawn) lbw b D.J.Brown 4 286 287 1 c and b N.M.McVicker 11 239-6d 234-9 354.$ ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND, Headingley, July 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 (England won by an innings and one run) c H.J.Howarth b R.O.Collinge 81 419 276 1 142 355. ENGLAND v WEST INDIES, Kennington Oval, July 26, 27, 28, 30, 31 (West Indies won by 158 runs) c C.H.Lloyd b B.D.Julien 11 257 415 c A.I.Kallicharran b L.R.Gibbs 5 255 255 356.$ Essex v Hampshire, Portsmouth, August 4, 6, 7 (Match drawn) * c B.A.Richards b M.N.S.Taylor 75 180† 253 1 c B.A.Richards b D.R.O’Sullivan 12 113-9 357. ENGLAND v WEST INDIES, Edgbaston, August 9, 10, 11, 13, 14 (Match drawn) c V.A.Holder b G.S.Sobers 52 305 327 not out 44 182-2 302 358. Essex v Leicestershire, Leicester, August 18, 20, 21 (Match drawn) * c R.W.Tolchard b G.D.McKenzie 8 326-6d 255 c R.W.Tolchard b K.Higgs 0 177-7d 157-2 1 359. ENGLAND v WEST INDIES, Lord’s, August 23, 24, 25, 27 (West Indies won by an innings and 226 runs) c G.S.Sobers b L.R.Gibbs 68 233† 652-8d not out 86 193† 360. Essex v Nottinghamshire, Chelmsford, August 29, 30, 31 (Essex won by nine wickets) c M.J.Smedley b G.S.Sobers 20 285 183 not out 29 137-1 235 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches v New Zealand 3 5 0 309 178 61.80 1 1 2 Test matches v West Indies 3 6 2 266 86* 66.50 - 3 - Championship 10 15 2 514 113 39.53 1 3 7 Other matches 3 5 2 170 71 56.66 - 2 1 Season 19 31 6 1259 178 50.36 2 9 10 Career 360 614 85 19896 228* 37.61 32 115 340 1973/74 – MCC in West Indies Missing the second Test through illness, Fletcher played in the other four. Whilst he averaged over 43 and although he played an exceptional innings in Barbados, when he scored 129 not out, he seldom dominated the bowlers and failed to score a 50 in his other six Test innings. He had made an earlier century at Kingston, but this had taken five hours, in a drawn game against Jamaica. 34