Lionel Walther Recordon (25 February 1907 – 6 October 1988) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket in 11 matches for Kent between 1927 and 1929.[1] He was born at Anerley in south-east London and died at Godalming, Surrey.[2]
Educated at Brighton College where he was captain of the cricket team in 1925, Recordon was a right-handed middle-order batsman and a right-arm leg-break and googly bowler, though he did not take any wickets in his first-class matches.[3] He played county cricket as an amateur. His best innings as a batsman was an unbeaten score of 64 in the match against Northamptonshire in 1928, most of the runs coming in a partnership of 80 in 45 minutes as Kent raced towards a declaration, Recordon hitting three sixes but also being dropped twice.[4][5]
Recordon continued to play occasional second team matches for Kent to 1932 and was involved in club cricket and wartime matches in London, none of them first-class.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Lionel Recordon". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ^ Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part Two: 1919–1939, pp. 133–134. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 7 August 2022.)
- ^ "Obituaries in 1988". www.espncricinfo.com/Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ "Scorecard: Northamptonshire v Kent". www.cricketarchive.com. 19 May 1928. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ "Kent's Big Score". The Times. No. 44899. London. 22 May 1928. p. 7.