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Full name | Verner Valentine Luckin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Woking, Surrey, England | 14 February 1892||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 28 November 1931 High Cross, Hampshire, England | (aged 39)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Leg break googly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1910–1912 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1919 | Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cricinfo, 29 January 2010 |
Verner Valentine Luckin (14 February 1892 — 28 November 1931) was an English first-class cricketer.
Luckin was born at Woking in February 1892. Luckin was selected to trial for Hampshire in 1909, alongside Jack Moore. [1] The following season, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Somerset at Aldershot in the County Championship, [2] with the Hampshire Observer and Basingstoke News remarking that he "showed promising form" on debut. [3] Luckin played three further first-class matches in 1910, before making five appearances in the 1911 County Championship. He made a final appearance for Hampshire in the 1912 County Championship against Middlesex. [2] He had limited success with Hampshire, taking 13 wickets with his leg break googly bowling at an average of 39.46, with best figures of 3 for 39. [4] As a lower order batsman, he scored 17 runs at an average of 2.42. [5]
Luckin joined Moseley, of the Birmingham and District Cricket League, as their professional for the 1913 season, after they had lost the services of Percy Jeeves. [6] He additionally joined the staff at Warwickshire. [7] During the First World War, Luckin volunteered with a pals battalion in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. [8] Following the end of the war, Luckin debuted for Warwickshire in the 1919 County Championship, making nine first-class appearances in what was his only full season with the county. [2] In this season, he took 11 wickets at an average of 30.18, with best figures of 3 for 19, [4] while his batting saw a marked improvement with him scoring 195 runs at a batting average of 27.85, recording one half century. [5]
After departing Warwickshire, he played for Ormskirk in the Liverpool and District Cricket Competition, [9] playing for the club between 1920 and 1927. In August 1927, he signed to play for Eagley in the Bolton Cricket League. [10] From there, he was appointed coach and groundsman at Huntly Cricket Club in Aberdeenshire for the 1931 season. [11] After coaching Huntly for the season, Luckin returned home to Hampshire. There he became worried with not being able to find employment as either a groundskeeper or coach, taking his own life by hanging himself from a tree in the garden of his High Cross residence on 28 November 1931; his body was discovered by his wife. [12]
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Verner Valentine Luckin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Woking, Surrey, England | 14 February 1892||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 28 November 1931 High Cross, Hampshire, England | (aged 39)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Leg break googly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1910–1912 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1919 | Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 29 January 2010 |
Verner Valentine Luckin (14 February 1892 — 28 November 1931) was an English first-class cricketer.
Luckin was born at Woking in February 1892. Luckin was selected to trial for Hampshire in 1909, alongside Jack Moore. [1] The following season, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Somerset at Aldershot in the County Championship, [2] with the Hampshire Observer and Basingstoke News remarking that he "showed promising form" on debut. [3] Luckin played three further first-class matches in 1910, before making five appearances in the 1911 County Championship. He made a final appearance for Hampshire in the 1912 County Championship against Middlesex. [2] He had limited success with Hampshire, taking 13 wickets with his leg break googly bowling at an average of 39.46, with best figures of 3 for 39. [4] As a lower order batsman, he scored 17 runs at an average of 2.42. [5]
Luckin joined Moseley, of the Birmingham and District Cricket League, as their professional for the 1913 season, after they had lost the services of Percy Jeeves. [6] He additionally joined the staff at Warwickshire. [7] During the First World War, Luckin volunteered with a pals battalion in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. [8] Following the end of the war, Luckin debuted for Warwickshire in the 1919 County Championship, making nine first-class appearances in what was his only full season with the county. [2] In this season, he took 11 wickets at an average of 30.18, with best figures of 3 for 19, [4] while his batting saw a marked improvement with him scoring 195 runs at a batting average of 27.85, recording one half century. [5]
After departing Warwickshire, he played for Ormskirk in the Liverpool and District Cricket Competition, [9] playing for the club between 1920 and 1927. In August 1927, he signed to play for Eagley in the Bolton Cricket League. [10] From there, he was appointed coach and groundsman at Huntly Cricket Club in Aberdeenshire for the 1931 season. [11] After coaching Huntly for the season, Luckin returned home to Hampshire. There he became worried with not being able to find employment as either a groundskeeper or coach, taking his own life by hanging himself from a tree in the garden of his High Cross residence on 28 November 1931; his body was discovered by his wife. [12]