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

Limited-Overs Cricket (all ListA Matches) Keith Fletcher was in at the birth of Limited-overs cricket in 1963, playing for Essex in one of the eight ‘round one’ matches of the Gillette Cup. It was to be six seasons before Essex achieved much by way of results and Fletcher’s early form left a lot to be desired. However in 1969, when the John Player League was introduced, Fletcher found that he could utilise his strokemaking to frustrate many a fielding side and he started to accumulate quick runs in the middle order. 1963 Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 1. Essex v Lancashire, Old Trafford, May 22, GC1 (60 overs) (Lancashire won by 81 runs) c P.T.Marner b J.Dyson 26 132 213 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Gillette Cup 1 1 0 26 26 26.00 - - - 1964 Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 2. Essex v Cambridgeshire, Sawston, April 30, GC1 (60 overs) (Essex won by 31 runs) c P.A.Shippey b D.C.Wing 13 182-8 151 - 3. Essex v Glamorgan, Neath, May 27, GC2 (60 overs) (Glamorgan won by 7 runs) lbw b B.Hedges 25 201 208-9 2 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Gillette Cup 2 2 0 38 25 19.00 - - 2 Career 3 3 0 64 26 21.33 - - 2 1965 Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 4. Essex v Derbyshire. Brentwood, April 28, GC1 (60 overs) (Derbyshire won by 95 runs) c J.F.Harvey b D.C.Morgan 23 100† 195-8 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Gillette Cup 1 1 0 23 23 23.00 - - - Career 4 4 0 87 26 21.75 - - 2 1966 5. Essex v Derbyshire, Chesterfield, May 21, GC2 (60 overs) (Essex won by two wickets) c R.W.Taylor b H.J.Rhodes 7 200-8 199 6. Essex v Worcestershire, Worcester, June 22, GC3 (60 overs) (Worcestershire won by 82 runs) c D.N.F.Slade b J.A.Flavell. 0 129 211 79