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

Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 361.$ MCC v President’s XI, Bridgetown, January 23, 24, 25, 26 (Match drawn) c R.C.Fredericks b A.L.Padmore 70 511-4d - - - - 164 did not bat - 131-5d 4 1 13 0 368-9 1 362. MCC v Trinidad, Port-of- Spain, January 28, 29, 30, 31 (Match drawn) c R.R.Jumadeen b P.C.S.Bartholemew 18 293 7 2 17 0 312 lbw b R.R.Jumadeen 18 387-6 363. ENGLAND v WEST INDIES, Port-of-Spain, February 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 (West Indies won by seven wickets) b B.D.Julien 4 131 - - - - 392 1 c L.G.Rowe b G.S.Sobers 0 392 0.5 0 5 0 132-3 364.$ MCC v Jamaica, Kingston, February 9, 10, 12, 13 (Match drawn) c M.L.C.Foster b U.G.Dowe 107 402† 178 204-4 365.$ MCC v Leeward Islands, St.John’s, February 23, 24, 25 (Match drawn) b A.M.E.Roberts 0 251 - - - - 194 not out 38 190-4d 6 0 25 2 J.C.Allen c sub 193-5 A.Corrlette c R.W.Taylor 366. MCC v Barbados, Bridgetown, February 28, March 1, 2, 3 (Barbados won by ten wickets) b D.A.J.Holford 2 270 462-8d lbw b V.A.Holder 23 199 11-0 367.$ ENGLAND v WEST INDIES, Bridgetown, March 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 (Match drawn) c D.L.Murray b B.D.Julien 37 395 596-8d 1 not out 129 277-7† 368. MCC v Guyana, Georgetown, March 14, 15, 16, 17 (Match drawn) not out 26 326-3d 393 2 did not bat - 139-1 3 1 3 1 P.D.Blair c G.G Arnold 202-9d 369.$ ENGLAND v WEST INDIES, Georgetown, March 22, 23, 24, (26), 27 (Match drawn) c D.L.Murray b B.D.Julien 41 448 198-4 370.$ ENGLAND v WEST INDIES, Port-of-Spain, March 30, 31, April 2, 3, 4, 5 (England won by 26 runs) c R.B.Kanhai b L.R.Gibbs 6 267 305 1 b B.D.Julien 45 263 199 3 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 4 7 1 262 129* 43.66 1 - 6 Other matches 6 9 2 302 107 43.14 1 1 3 Tour 10 16 3 564 129* 43.38 2 1 9 Career 370 630 88 20460 228* 37.74 34 116 349 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i Test matches 0.5 0 5 0 - - - Other matches 20 4 58 3 2-25 19.33 - Tour 20.5 4 63 3 2-25 21.00 - Career (6b) 230.4 36 } 1162 24 4-50 48.41 - (8b) 40.3 2 1974 Whether it was the responsibility of becoming his county’s captain or the fact that he was in and out of the county side on Test call is debatable, but Fletcher’s season for Essex was little short of disastrous, leaving the members more than a little concerned. At Test level Fletcher scored two centuries and also scored another for the MCC against the Indians, but he was only to score 276 runs in 15 innings for Essex. 35