Verner Luckin

Verner Valentine Luckin (14 February 1892 – 28 November 1931) was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman who bowled leg break googly.

Verner Luckin

Personal information
Full name	Verner Valentine Luckin
Born	(1892-02-14)14 February 1892 Woking, Surrey, England
Died	28 November 1931(1931-11-28) (aged 39) High Cross, Hampshire, England
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Leg break googly
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1919	Warwickshire
1910–1912	Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition FC Matches 19 Runs scored 212 Batting average 15.14 100s/50s –/1 Top score 59* Balls bowled 1,475 Wickets 24 Bowling average 35.20 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 3/19 Catches/stumpings 9/–
Source: Cricinfo, 29 January 2010

Luckin made his first-class debut for Hampshire in the 1910 County Championship against Somerset, where in Somerset's second innings he took 3/39.

Luckin played ten first-class matches for Hampshire up until the end of the 1912 season, with his final first-class match for the county against Middlesex. In his ten matches Luckin had no success with the bat and with the ball he took 13 wickets at a bowling average of 39.46.

After the First World War, Luckin made his debut for Warwickshire against Surrey in the 1919 County Championship. He played nine first-class matches for Warwickshire in the 1919 season, with his final first-class match for the county coming against Worcestershire. Luckin had more success with the bat for Warwickshire, scoring 195 runs at an average of 27.85, with a single half century score of 59* out against Lancashire. With the ball he took eleven wickets at a bowling average of 30.18, with best figures of 3-19.

He died at High Cross, Hampshire on 28 November 1931.

External links

• Verner Luckin at Cricinfo
• Verner Luckin at CricketArchive
• Matches and detailed statistics for Verner Luckin