Louis Stricker Explained

Louis Stricker
Fullname:Louis Anthony Stricker
Birth Date:26 May 1884
Birth Place:Kimberley, Cape Colony
Death Place:Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa
Family:Henry Stricker (brother)
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right-arm
Club1:Transvaal
Year1:1906-07 to 1911-12
Columns:2
Column1:Tests
Matches1:13
Runs1:342
Bat Avg1:14.25
100S/50S1:0/0
Top Score1:48
Deliveries1:174
Wickets1:1
Bowl Avg1:105.00
Fivefor1:0
Tenfor1:0
Best Bowling1:1/36
Catches/Stumpings1:3/-
Column2:First-class
Matches2:60
Runs2:2105
Bat Avg2:22.88
100S/50S2:2/9
Top Score2:146
Deliveries2:510
Wickets2:8
Bowl Avg2:37.87
Fivefor2:0
Tenfor2:0
Best Bowling2:3/13
Catches/Stumpings2:29/2
International:true
Country:South Africa
Testdebutdate:1 January
Testdebutyear:1910
Lasttestdate:12 August
Lasttestyear:1912
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/47251.html Cricinfo
Date:4 February 2020

Louis Anthony Stricker (26 May 1884 – 5 February 1960) was a South African cricketer who played in 13 Tests from 1910 to 1912.

Of German parentage, Stricker was born in Beaconsfield, Kimberley. A few years later his family moved to Johannesburg, where he attended the Marist Brothers school.[1]

A batsman, Stricker scored two centuries in first-class cricket: 103 for Transvaal against the touring English team in 1909–10 (when he shared an opening partnership of 215 with Billy Zulch), and 146 against South Australia when he toured Australia with the South Africans in 1910-11.[2] [3] He was less successful in Test cricket, with a top score of 48 in his 13 matches, scored twice: against Australia in Adelaide in 1910–11, when South Africa beat Australia for the first time, and against Australia at Lord's in the 1912 Triangular Tournament.[4] His brother Henry was also a first-class cricketer.

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Notes and References

  1. Ballantine . E. W. . Yesterday's Great Partnership . Daily Herald . 8 November 1910 . 6 .
  2. "Obituary: L. A. Stricker", The Cricketer, Spring Annual 1960, p. 79.
  3. Web site: Louis Stricker . Cricinfo . 11 June 2022.
  4. Web site: Test Matches played by Louis Stricker . CricketArchive . 4 February 2020.