Lionel Recordon Explained

Lionel Walther Recordon (25 February 1907 – 6 October 1988) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket in 11 matches for Kent between 1927 and 1929.[1] He was born at Anerley in south-east London and died at Godalming, Surrey.[2]

Educated at Brighton College where he was captain of the cricket team in 1925, Recordon was a right-handed middle-order batsman and a right-arm leg-break and googly bowler, though he did not take any wickets in his first-class matches.[3] He played county cricket as an amateur. His best innings as a batsman was an unbeaten score of 64 in the match against Northamptonshire in 1928, most of the runs coming in a partnership of 80 in 45 minutes as Kent raced towards a declaration, Recordon hitting three sixes but also being dropped twice.[4] [5]

Recordon continued to play occasional second team matches for Kent to 1932 and was involved in club cricket and wartime matches in London, none of them first-class.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lionel Recordon . www.cricketarchive.com . 13 August 2016.
  2. Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part Two: 1919–1939, pp. 133–134. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 7 August 2022.)
  3. Web site: Obituaries in 1988 . www.espncricinfo.com/Wisden Cricketers' Almanack . 14 August 2016.
  4. Web site: Scorecard: Northamptonshire v Kent . 19 May 1928 . www.cricketarchive.com . 14 August 2016.
  5. News: Kent's Big Score . . 44899 . 7 . London . 22 May 1928 .