Louis Anthony Stricker (26 May 1884 – 5 February 1960) was a South African cricketer who played in 13 Tests from 1910 to 1912.

Louis Stricker
Stricker in 1912
Personal information
Full name
Louis Anthony Stricker
Born(1884-05-26)26 May 1884
Kimberley, Cape Colony
Died5 February 1960(1960-02-05) (aged 75)
Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm
RelationsHenry Stricker (brother)
International information
National side
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1906-07 to 1911-12Transvaal
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class
Matches 13 60
Runs scored 342 2105
Batting average 14.25 22.88
100s/50s 0/0 2/9
Top score 48 146
Balls bowled 174 510
Wickets 1 8
Bowling average 105.00 37.87
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 1/36 3/13
Catches/stumpings 3/- 29/2
Source: Cricinfo, 4 February 2020

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.[1]

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.[2][3] 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.[4] His brother Henry was also a first-class cricketer.

References

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  1. ^ Ballantine, E. W. (8 November 1910). "Yesterday's Great Partnership". Daily Herald: 6.
  2. ^ "Obituary: L. A. Stricker", The Cricketer, Spring Annual 1960, p. 79.
  3. ^ "Louis Stricker". Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Test Matches played by Louis Stricker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
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