Eric Fisher (cricketer)

Frederick Eric Fisher (28 July 1924 – 19 June 1996) was a New Zealand cricketer who played in one Test match in 1953. He was a medium-pace bowler and useful lower-order batsman. He was born at Johnsonville, New Zealand in 1924.

Eric Fisher

Fisher during the 1950s
Personal information
Full name	Frederick Eric Fisher
Born	(1924-07-28)28 July 1924 Johnsonville, New Zealand
Died	19 June 1996(1996-06-19) (aged 71) Palmerston North, Manawatu
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Left-arm medium
International information
National side	New Zealand (1953)
Only Test (cap 58)	6 March 1953 v South Africa
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class Matches 1 15 Runs scored 23 485 Batting average 11.50 21.08 100s/50s 0/0 0/2 Top score 14 68 Balls bowled 204 3168 Wickets 1 53 Bowling average 78.00 23.24 5 wickets in innings 0 2 10 wickets in match 0 2 Best bowling 1/78 8/34 Catches/stumpings 0/– 9/–
Source: Cricinfo, 1 April 2017

Cricket career

He played for Wellington from 1951–52 to 1953–54, and Central Districts in 1954–55. In the four matches of the Plunket Shield in 1952-53 he made 138 runs at 27.60 and took 29 wickets at 10.20, including 4 for 26 and 7 for 48 against Auckland (as well as scoring 68 and 19 not out),^[1] and 8 for 34 and 3 for 31 against Canterbury.^[2]

He was selected to open the bowling in the First Test against the visiting South Africans in March 1953 but took only one wicket in an innings defeat and was never selected again. According to Richard Boock in his biography of Bert Sutcliffe, Fisher was one of several players at the time who "paid the ultimate price for being overweight".^[3]

He played in the Hawke Cup from 1955–56 to 1966–67, representing successively Hawke's Bay, Poverty Bay and Southern Hawke's Bay. He also played for Rochdale in the Central Lancashire League.^[4] He died at Palmerston North in Manawatu in 1996 aged 71.

See also

• One-Test wonder