{{Short description|South African cricketer (1884–1960)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Louis Stricker | image = Louis Stricker in 1912.png | caption = Stricker in 1912 | fullname = Louis Anthony Stricker | birth_date = {{Birth date|1884|5|26|df=yes}} | birth_place = Kimberley, Cape Colony | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1960|2|5|1884|5|26}} | 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 | testdebutfor = | testdebutagainst = | testdebutdate = 1 January | testdebutyear = 1910 | lasttestdate = 12 August | lasttestfor = | lasttestagainst = | lasttestyear = 1912 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/47251.html Cricinfo | date = 4 February 2020 | year = }} '''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.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ballantine |first1=E. W. |title=Yesterday's Great Partnership |journal=Daily Herald |date=8 November 1910 |page=6 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/103909072}}</ref>
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.<ref name="TC">"Obituary: L. A. Stricker", ''The Cricketer'', Spring Annual 1960, p. 79.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Louis Stricker |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/louis-stricker-47251 |website=Cricinfo |access-date=11 June 2022}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Test Matches played by Louis Stricker |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/323/Test_Matches.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=4 February 2020}}</ref> His brother Henry was also a first-class cricketer.
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==External links== * {{cricinfo|id=47251}} * [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/323/323.html Louis Stricker] at CricketArchive
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