Laurie Fishlock

Laurence Barnard Fishlock (2 January 1907 – 25 June 1986) was an English cricketer, who played in four Test matches from 1936 to 1947. A specialist batsman, he achieved little in those four matches, but might have had a much more substantial Test career had he not lost six of what should have been his best years to World War II.

Laurie Fishlock
Fishlock in about 1935
Personal information
Full name
Laurence Barnard Fishlock
Born(1907-01-02)2 January 1907
Battersea, London, England
Died25 June 1986(1986-06-25) (aged 79)
Sutton, London, England
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
International information
National side
Test debut25 July 1936 v India
Last Test28 February 1947 v Australia
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 4 417
Runs scored 47 25,376
Batting average 11.75 39.34
100s/50s 0/0 56/135
Top score 19* 253
Balls bowled 859
Wickets 11
Bowling average 45.81
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 4/62
Catches/stumpings 1/– 216/–
Source: CricInfo, 10 September 2022

Colin Bateman, a cricket writer, noted that "Fishlock, a good county performer, was astonishingly unlucky when his Test chance did come along... A forcing left-hander, he went on two Ashes tours (1936–37) and (1946–47) and suffered hand injuries both times, restricting him to one Test overseas".

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