# Fish Markham

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{{short description|South African cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name              = Fish Markham
| image             = File:Fish Markham.jpg
| caption           =
|          fullname = Lawrence Anderson Markham
|          nickname = Fish
|        birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|9|1|df=yes}}
|       birth_place = [Mbabane](/source/Mbabane), [Swaziland Protectorate](/source/History_of_Eswatini)
|        death_date = {{Death date and age|2000|8|5|1924|9|1|df=yes}}
|       death_place = [Pietermaritzburg](/source/Pietermaritzburg), [KwaZulu-Natal](/source/KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa
| family            = [Neville Markham](/source/Neville_Markham) (brother)
| batting           = Right-handed
| bowling           = Legbreak 
| club1             = [Natal](/source/KwaZulu-Natal_cricket_team)
| year1             = 1946–47 – 1950–51 
| columns           = 2
| column1           = [Tests](/source/Test_cricket)
| matches1          = 1
| runs1             = 20
| bat avg1          = 20.00
| 100s/50s1         = 0/0
| top score1        = 20
| deliveries1       = 104
| wickets1          = 1
| bowl avg1         = 72.00
| fivefor1          = 0
| tenfor1           = 0
| best bowling1     = 1/34
| catches/stumpings1= 0/0
| column2           = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
| matches2          = 17 
| runs2             = 268
| bat avg2          = 15.76
| 100s/50s2         = 1/0
| top score2        = 134
| deliveries2       = 2135
| wickets2          = 53
| bowl avg2         = 16.84
| fivefor2          = 3
| tenfor2           = 0
| best bowling2     = 7/106
| catches/stumpings2= 6/-
| international     = true
| country           = South Africa
| testdebutfor      =
| testdebutagainst  =
| testdebutdate     = 12 February
| testdebutyear     = 1949
| lasttestdate      = 12 February
| lasttestfor       =
| lasttestagainst   =
| lasttestyear      = 1949
| source            = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/fish-markham-46173 Cricinfo
| date              = 12 December 
| year              = 2021
}}
'''Lawrence Anderson''' "'''Fish'''" '''Markham''' (12 September 1924 – 5 August 2000) was a South African [cricket](/source/cricket)er who played in one [Test](/source/Test_cricket) in 1949.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/851/851.html| title = Fish Markham | publisher = www.cricketarchive.com | accessdate = 2012-01-09}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Markham was a right-arm leg-break bowler and a right-handed lower-order batsman. His single Test was the fourth match of the 1948–49 England tour series, and he was the third spin bowler alongside [Tufty Mann](/source/Tufty_Mann) and [Athol Rowan](/source/Athol_Rowan). He scored 20 in his single innings and took just one wicket in the game and was dropped for the next match.<ref>{{cite web |title=4th Test, Johannesburg, Feb 12 - 16 1949, England tour of South Africa |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-marylebone-cricket-club-tour-of-south-africa-1948-49-61696/south-africa-vs-england-4th-test-62698/full-scorecard |website=Cricinfo |access-date=12 December 2021}}</ref>

He played [first-class cricket](/source/first-class_cricket) for [Natal](/source/KwaZulu-Natal_cricket_team) from 1946 to 1950. His best figures were 7 for 106 against [Western Province](/source/Western_Province_cricket_team) in the 1947–48 [Currie Cup](/source/Currie_Cup_(cricket)).<ref>{{cite web|title=Western Province v Natal 1947-48|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18340.html|website=CricketArchive|accessdate=26 December 2017}}</ref> His highest score was 134, batting at number nine against [Orange Free State](/source/Free_State_cricket_team) a few weeks later, when he went to the wicket at 166 for 7 and added 174 for the eighth wicket with [Ossie Dawson](/source/Ossie_Dawson); he then took three wickets in each innings to give Natal an innings' victory.<ref>{{cite web|title=Natal v Orange Free State 1947-48|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18376.html|website=CricketArchive|accessdate=26 December 2017}}</ref>

As of 2025, he is the [only Test cricketer](/source/List_of_Test_cricketers_born_in_non-Test_playing_nations) to have been born in [Swaziland](/source/Swaziland).

==See also==
*[List of Test cricketers born in non-Test playing nations](/source/List_of_Test_cricketers_born_in_non-Test_playing_nations)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cricinfo|id=46173}}
* {{cricketarchive|id=851}}

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Category:1924 births
Category:2000 deaths
Category:People from Mbabane
Category:South Africa Test cricketers
Category:South African cricketers
Category:KwaZulu-Natal cricketers

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