Verner Luckin
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| Full name | Verner Valentine Luckin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 February 1892 Woking, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 November 1931 (aged 39) High Cross, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Leg break googly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1919 | Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1910–1912 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 29 January 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Verner Valentine Luckin (14 February 1892 – 28 November 1931) was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman who bowled leg break googly.
Luckin made his first-class debut for Hampshire in the 1910 County Championship against Somerset, where in Somerset's second innings he took 3/39.
Luckin played ten first-class matches for Hampshire up until the end of the 1912 season, with his final first-class match for the county against Middlesex. In his ten matches Luckin had no success with the bat and with the ball he took 13 wickets at a bowling average of 39.46.
After the First World War, Luckin made his debut for Warwickshire against Surrey in the 1919 County Championship. He played nine first-class matches for Warwickshire in the 1919 season, with his final first-class match for the county coming against Worcestershire. Luckin had more success with the bat for Warwickshire, scoring 195 runs at an average of 27.85, with a single half century score of 59* out against Lancashire. With the ball he took eleven wickets at a bowling average of 30.18, with best figures of 3-19.
He died at High Cross, Hampshire on 28 November 1931.