Ted Lester
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Full name | Edward Ibson Lester | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | scorer | 18 February 1923|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1945–1964 | Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 20 February 2009 |
Edward Ibson Lester (18 February 1923 – 23 March 2015) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club.[1] He was born and died at Scarborough, Yorkshire, England.
Career
Lester had a first-class cricket career lasting from 1945 to 1956 for Yorkshire, but remained a significant influence in the county cricket club's fortunes as
For 1948, Lester joined the Yorkshire staff, and for next seven seasons he made more than 1,000 runs each year except 1951. His best years were
Lester continued, however, to play for Yorkshire's Second XI for the next six seasons, often captaining the side and acting as the senior player alongside the younger players, including John Hampshire, Geoffrey Boycott, Philip Sharpe and Brian Bolus. There was a brief codicil to his playing career: in 1964, John Hampshire fell ill just before the Gillette Cup one day match against Middlesex at Lord's and Lester, acting as scorer, was drafted into the side. But Yorkshire lost and Lester, batting at number nine, failed to score.[3]
Lester also played football as a goalkeeper for Scarborough F.C.[4]
Retirement
Thereafter, he became Yorkshire's regular scorer until his retirement in 1988. He was an often forthright champion against what he perceived as the undeserved neglect of the scorer's role in cricket competitions.
References
- ^ "Ted Lester". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4.
- ^ Stephen Chalke, The Way It Was: Glimpses of English Cricket’s Past, Fairfield Books, Bath, 2010, pp. 71–73.
- Independent.co.uk. 23 June 2015. Archivedfrom the original on 26 May 2022.
External links
- Wisden, 1946 to 1965 editions