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

Acknowledgements I wish to acknowledge assistance given to me by David East, Chief Executive, Essex County Cricket Club and Brian Heald and Gerald Hudd of the Association of Cricket Historians and Statisticians. I have also found important detail from:- Various Essex County publications from which I wish to acknowledge the great contribution made by the late Les Newnham, who was the Essex Statistician until his death in 1987. Captain’s Innings – an autobiography , publisher Stanley Paul & Son Ltd. The Cricketer International and The Wisden Monthly Wisden Almanacks Wisden Book of Test Cricket , publisher MacDonald & Janes Wisden Book of One-day Internationals , publisher John Wisden www.cricketarchive.com Abbreviations/Symbols c : Innings closed $ : Century partnership † : Top score in innings * : not out BHZ : Benson & Hedges Cup Zonal Round BHQF : Benson & Hedges Cup Quarter-final BHSF : Benson & Hedges Cup Semi-Final BHF : Benson & Hedges Cup Final GC1 : Gillette Cup Round 1 GC2 : Gillette Cup Round 2 GC3 : Gillette Cup Round 3 GCQF : Gillette Cup Quarter-final GCSF : Gillette Cup Semi-final NWT1 : National Westminster Bank Trophy Round 1 NWT2 : National Westminster Bank Trophy Round 2 NWTQF : National Westminster Bank Trophy Quarter-final NWTSF : National Westminster Bank Trophy Semi-final NWTF : National Westminster Bank Trophy Final JPL : John Player League RAL : Refuge Assurance League * at the end of match heading denotes captain . 6