Fish Markham

Lawrence Anderson "Fish" Markham (born 12 September 1924 in Mbabane, Swaziland, died 5 August 2000 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal) was a South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1949.[1]

Fish Markham
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLegbreak
International information
National side
  • South African
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1946-47 – 1950-51Natal
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class
Matches 1 17
Runs scored 20 268
Batting average 20.00 15.76
100s/50s 0/0 1/0
Top score 20 134
Balls bowled 104 2135
Wickets 1 53
Bowling average 72.00 16.84
5 wickets in innings 0 3
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 1/34 7/106
Catches/stumpings 0/0 6/-
Source: Cricinfo

Markham was a right-arm leg-break bowler and a right-handed lower-order batsman. His single Test was the fourth match of the 1948–49 England tour series and he was the third spin bowler alongside Tufty Mann and Athol Rowan. He scored 20 in his single innings and took just one wicket in the game and was dropped for the next match.[2]

He played first-class cricket for Natal from 1946 to 1950. His best figures were 7 for 106 against Western Province in the 1947-48 Currie Cup.[3] His highest score was 134, batting at number nine against Orange Free State a few weeks later, when he went to the wicket at 166 for 7 and added 174 for the eighth wicket with Ossie Dawson; he then took three wickets in each innings to give Natal an innings victory.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Fish Markham". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
  2. "Scorecard: South Africa v England". www.cricketarchive.com. 1949-02-12. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
  3. "Western Province v Natal 1947-48". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  4. "Natal v Orange Free State 1947-48". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
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