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

c S.A.Marsh b E.A.E.Baptiste 0 22-3 forfeited 705. Essex v Kent, Ilford, June 13, 15, 16 (Match drawn) c S.A.Marsh b C.Penn 29 223 152 did not bat - 231-7 302-2d 706. Essex v Northamptonshire, Ilford, June 17, 18, 19 (Match drawn) c D.Ripley b W.W.Davis 24 301-4d 216-8d 1 did not bat - 155-3 707. Essex v Yorkshire, Headingley, June 20, 22, 23 (Yorkshire won by nine wickets) c D.L.Bairstow b P.J.Hartley19 151 331-8d c S.D.Fletcher b P.J.Hartley 6 188 11-1 708. Essex v Somerset, Chelmsford, June 27, 29, 30 (Match drawn) c G.D.Rose b G.V.Palmer 61 231† 276 did not bat - 118-2 220-8d 1 709. Essex v Lancashire, Old Trafford, July 1, 2, 3 (Essex won by 73 runs) c D.P.Hughes b J.Simmons 82 349† 241 1 b J.Simmons 12 148 183 1 710. Essex v Hampshire, Southend-on-Sea, July 15, 16, 17 (Match drawn) b C.A.Connor 0 91 373-6d lbw b T.M.Tremlett 26 155-6 711. Essex v Derbyshire, Southend-on-Sea, July 18, (20), (21) (Match drawn) 10-1 712. Essex v Hampshire, Portsmouth, July 25, 27, 28 (Match drawn) b N.G.Cowley 30 184 205 c R.A.Smith b R.J.Maru 5 123-4 200-8d 1 713.$ Essex v Sussex, Eastbourne, August 5, 6, 7 (Match drawn) c C.M.Wells b S.J.S.Kimber 92 397-7d 228 358-6d 714. Essex v Middlesex, Chelmsford, August 15, 17, 18 (Match drawn) lbw b J.E.Emburey 0 270 166 not out 23 142-3 333-9d 715. Essex v Nottinghamshire, Chelmsford, August 19, 20, 21 (Match drawn) * b M.K.Bore 11 250-4d 360-3d lbw b E.E.Hemmings 30 234-8 181-5d 716. Essex v Derbyshire, Derby, August (22), 24, (25) (Match drawn) * c B.J.M.Maher b O.H.Mortensen 2 157 171 1 717. Essex v Surrey, Colchester, August 29, 31, September 1 (Surrey won by three wickets) c K.T.Medlycott b S.T.Clarke 0 86 233 lbw b M.A.Feltham 25 293 149-7 718. Essex v Worcestershire, Colchester, September (2), 3, 4 (Worcestershire won by 119 runs) did not bat - 11-0d forfeited b N.V.Radford 0 220 350-5d SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Championship 22 31 3 865 121 30.89 1 5 10 Other Essex matches 2 4 0 60 30 15.00 - - 2 Season 24 35 3 925 121 28.90 1 5 12 Career 718 1153 167 37362 228* 37.89 63 220 635 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i Championship 2 0 9 0 - - - Career (6b) 434.5 60 } 2296 51 5-41 45.01 1 (8b) 46.3 2 1988 Keith Fletcher found himself back as captain of Essex at the age of forty-three, when Graham Gooch decided that the responsibility had affected his form and that of his team in 1987. 1988 proved to be a 61