Fish Markham

Fish Markham
Personal information
Full name
Lawrence Anderson Markham
Born(1924-09-01)1 September 1924
Mbabane, Swaziland Protectorate
Died5 August 2000(2000-08-05) (aged 75)
Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
NicknameFish
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLegbreak
RelationsNeville Markham (brother)
International information
National side
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, 12 December 2021

Lawrence Anderson "Fish" Markham (12 September 1924 – 5 August 2000) was a South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1949.[1]

Biography

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]

As of 2025, he is the only Test cricketer to have been born in Swaziland.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Fish Markham". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  2. ^ "4th Test, Johannesburg, Feb 12 - 16 1949, England tour of South Africa". Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  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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