Vernon Schokman | |
Country: | Sri Lanka |
Birth Date: | 1905 |
Birth Place: | Ceylon |
Death Date: | 1991 (aged 85 or 86) |
Death Place: | Sri Lanka |
Batting: | Left-handed |
Role: | Wicket-keeper |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 10 |
Runs1: | 345 |
Bat Avg1: | 24.64 |
100S/50S1: | 0/1 |
Top Score1: | 62 |
Deliveries1: | – |
Wickets1: | – |
Bowl Avg1: | – |
Fivefor1: | – |
Tenfor1: | – |
Best Bowling1: | – |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 11/9 |
Date: | 28 September 2017 |
Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/26/26420/26420.html CricketArchive |
Vernon C. Schokman (1905 – 1991) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Ceylon from 1929 to 1935.
Schokman attended Trinity College, Kandy.[1] A wicket-keeper and useful batsman, he was Ceylon's principal wicket-keeper in the 1930s. He toured India in 1932-33, when in the six first-class matches he made 256 runs at an average of 25.60 and made his highest score of 62 against Sind, which was also Ceylon's top score for the match.[2]
He also represented Ceylon at rugby against the visiting Māori team in 1926.[1]
He worked for the police force.[3]