Fish Markham

Fish Markham

Cricket information
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Legbreak
International information
National side	South African
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

Lawrence Anderson "Fish" Markham (born 12 September 1924 in Mbabane, Swaziland, died 5 August 2000 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal) was a South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1949.^[1]

Markham was a right-handed lower-order batsman and a right-arm leg-break bowler. 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]

See also

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

References

1. "Fish Markham". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
2. "Scorecard: South Africa v England". www.cricketarchive.com. 1949-02-12. Retrieved 2012-01-09.