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

c G.Miller b C.J.Tunnicliffe 34 190-5d 184-9 4 499. Essex v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, September 6, 7, 8 (Essex won by nine wickets) * not out 11 122-7d 200-8d 2 did not bat - 222-1 143-5d 1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Championship 22 34 8 1038 82* 39.92 - 9 28 Other Essex matches 2 1 0 89 89 89.00 - 1 - Season 24 35 8 1127 89 41.74 - 10 28 Career 499 834 121 27515 228* 38.59 47 161 468 1979 As Fletcher led his team out to set the 1979 season underway, it was the five-hundreth first-class match of his career. Little did he know that he was to lead his side to their first County Championship in the history of Essex County Cricket Club. The county’s 103rd season also saw them win the Benson and Hedges Cup. Under Fletcher’s shrewd captaincy the Championship was won by no less than seventy-seven points. He passed 1000 runs for the season by just six runs, but he also took nine wickets including his best bowling performance with 5-41 against Middlesex. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 500. Essex v Cambridge University, Fenner’s, April 21, 23, 24 (Match drawn) * b N.C.Crawford 56 308-8d 197 90-4 501. Essex v Kent , Chelmsford, May 2, 3, 4 (Match drawn) * c C.J.Tavaré b R.W.Hills 41 305-7d 250-8c c R.W.Hills b G.W.Johnson 4 43-9 502. Essex v Middlesex, Lord’s, May 9, 10, (11) (Match drawn) * c J.M.Brearley b J.E.Emburey 32 224-7 265-6d 503.$$ Essex v Derbyshire, Chesterfield, May 16, 17, 18 (Essex won by an innings and 171 runs) * not out 140 335-4c† 63 2 101 1 504. Essex v Glamorgan, Ilford, May (30), (31), June 1 (Essex won by nine wickets) * did not bat - 185-1 7 0 44 3 A.L.Jones c N Phillip 184-7d 1 G.Richards c N.Phillip A.E.Cordle c and b 505. Essex v Lancashire, Ilford, June 2, 4 (Essex won by an innings and 132 runs) * b P.G.Lee 8 339-6d 84 123 1 506. Essex v Leicestershire, Chelmsford, June 9, 11, 12 (Essex won by 99 runs) * lbw b K.Shuttleworth 1 303-9c 232 c K.Higgs b L.B.Taylor 0 181 153 507.$ Essex v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, June 13, 14, 15 (Essex won by an innings and 75 runs) * c C.W.Maynard b D.C.Hopkins 64 394-7d 185 134 508. Essex v Somerset, Bath, June 16, 18, 19 (Match drawn) * c D.J.S.Taylor b C.H.Dredge14 302-8c 277-9c lbw b H.R.Moseley 34 87-7† 284-7d 1 509. Essex v Derbyshire, Chelmsford, June 20, 21, 22 (Essex won by an innings and 40 runs) * c D.S.Steele b R.C.Wincer 15 435-9d 258 137 510. Essex v Kent, Tunbridge Wells, June 23, (25), (26) (Match drawn) * did not bat - 20-1 316-8d 511. Essex v Sussex, Southend-on-Sea, July 7, 9, 10 (Essex won by ten wickets) * not out 52 338-5d 143 1 did not bat - 12-0 204 1 46