Fish Markham

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

Fish Markham

Personal information
Full name	Lawrence Anderson Markham
Born	(1924-09-01)1 September 1924 Mbabane, Swaziland Protectorate
Died	5 August 2000(2000-08-05) (aged 75) Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Nickname	Fish
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Legbreak
Relations	Neville Markham (brother)
International information
National side	South Africa
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1946–47 – 1950–51	Natal
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

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]

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

See also

• List of Test cricketers born in non-Test playing nations