Fish Markham

{{short description|South African cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Fish Markham

| image = File:Fish Markham.jpg

| caption =

| fullname = Lawrence Anderson Markham

| nickname = Fish

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|9|1|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Mbabane, Swaziland Protectorate

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2000|8|5|1924|9|1|df=yes}}

| death_place = Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

| family = Neville Markham (brother)

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Legbreak

| club1 = Natal

| year1 = 1946–47 – 1950–51

| columns = 2

| column1 = Tests

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 20

| bat avg1 = 20.00

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 20

| deliveries1 = 104

| wickets1 = 1

| bowl avg1 = 72.00

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 1/34

| catches/stumpings1= 0/0

| column2 = First-class

| matches2 = 17

| runs2 = 268

| bat avg2 = 15.76

| 100s/50s2 = 1/0

| top score2 = 134

| deliveries2 = 2135

| wickets2 = 53

| bowl avg2 = 16.84

| fivefor2 = 3

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 7/106

| catches/stumpings2= 6/-

| international = true

| country = South Africa

| testdebutfor =

| testdebutagainst =

| testdebutdate = 12 February

| testdebutyear = 1949

| lasttestdate = 12 February

| lasttestfor =

| lasttestagainst =

| lasttestyear = 1949

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/fish-markham-46173 Cricinfo

| date = 12 December

| year = 2021

}}

Lawrence Anderson "Fish" Markham (12 September 1924 – 5 August 2000) was a South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1949.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/851/851.html| title = Fish Markham | publisher = www.cricketarchive.com | accessdate = 2012-01-09}}

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.{{cite web |title=4th Test, Johannesburg, Feb 12 - 16 1949, England tour of South Africa |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-marylebone-cricket-club-tour-of-south-africa-1948-49-61696/south-africa-vs-england-4th-test-62698/full-scorecard |website=Cricinfo |access-date=12 December 2021}}

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.{{cite web|title=Western Province v Natal 1947-48|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18340.html|website=CricketArchive|accessdate=26 December 2017}} 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.{{cite web|title=Natal v Orange Free State 1947-48|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18376.html|website=CricketArchive|accessdate=26 December 2017}}

He is the only Test cricketer to be born in Swaziland.

See also

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