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- Ted_Lester abstract "Edward Ibson Lester (18 February 1923 – 23 March 2015) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. He was born and died at Scarborough, Yorkshire, England.Lester had a first-class cricket career lasting from 1945 to 1956 for Yorkshire, but remained a significant influence in the county cricket club's fortunes as scorer and committee man. He made his debut as an amateur right-handed middle-order batsman immediately after World War II, and in 1947 he made three centuries in eleven innings, which left him third in the English national averages behind Denis Compton and Bill Edrich in their year of unparalleled success.For 1948, Lester joined the Yorkshire staff, and for next seven seasons he made more than 1,000 runs each year except 1951. His best years were 1949, when he scored 1,801 runs, and 1952 when, with 1,786 at an average little short of 50 runs an innings, he was fourth in the national averages. After further good seasons in 1953 and 1954, though, his batting fell away badly in 1955, and at the end of July he was dropped from the first team. Apart from one match against Scotland in 1956, he never regained his place. Lester continued, however, to play for Yorkshire's Second XI for the next six seasons, often captaining the side and acting as the senior player alongside the younger players, including John Hampshire, Geoffrey Boycott, Philip Sharpe and Brian Bolus. There was a brief codicil to his playing career: in 1964, John Hampshire fell ill just before the Gillette Cup one day match against Middlesex at Lord's and Lester, acting as scorer, was drafted into the side. But Yorkshire lost and Lester, batting at number nine, failed to score. Thereafter, he became Yorkshire's regular scorer until his retirement in 1988. He was an often forthright champion against what he perceived as the undeserved neglect of the scorer's role in cricket competitions.".
- Ted_Lester birthDate "1923-02-18".
- Ted_Lester birthPlace England.
- Ted_Lester birthPlace Scarborough,_North_Yorkshire.
- Ted_Lester birthPlace Scarborough,_Yorkshire.
- Ted_Lester birthPlace Yorkshire.
- Ted_Lester birthYear "1923".
- Ted_Lester country England.
- Ted_Lester deathDate "2015-03-23".
- Ted_Lester deathPlace England.
- Ted_Lester deathPlace Scarborough,_North_Yorkshire.
- Ted_Lester deathPlace Scarborough,_Yorkshire.
- Ted_Lester deathPlace Yorkshire.
- Ted_Lester deathYear "2015".
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- Ted_Lester wikiPageWikiLinkText "Ted Lester".
- Ted_Lester 50s "–/–".
- Ted_Lester 50s "25".
- Ted_Lester batAvg "–".
- Ted_Lester batAvg "34.2".
- Ted_Lester batting "Right-handed".
- Ted_Lester bestBowling "–".
- Ted_Lester bestBowling "1".
- Ted_Lester birthDate "1923-02-18".
- Ted_Lester birthPlace "Scarborough, Yorkshire, England".
- Ted_Lester bowlAvg "–".
- Ted_Lester bowlAvg "53.33".
- Ted_Lester bowling "Right arm off break".
- Ted_Lester stumpings "–/–".
- Ted_Lester stumpings "108".
- Ted_Lester club Yorkshire_County_Cricket_Club.
- Ted_Lester column First-class_cricket.
- Ted_Lester column List_A_cricket.
- Ted_Lester columns "2".
- Ted_Lester country "England".
- Ted_Lester date "--02-20".
- Ted_Lester dateOfBirth "1923-02-18".
- Ted_Lester dateOfDeath "2015-03-23".
- Ted_Lester deathDate "2015-03-23".
- Ted_Lester deathPlace "Scarborough, Yorkshire, England".
- Ted_Lester deliveries "–".
- Ted_Lester deliveries "330".
- Ted_Lester fivefor "–".
- Ted_Lester fullname "Edward Ibson Lester".
- Ted_Lester hasPhotoCollection Ted_Lester.
- Ted_Lester matches "1".
- Ted_Lester matches "232".
- Ted_Lester name "Lester, Ted".
- Ted_Lester name "Ted Lester".
- Ted_Lester placeOfBirth England.
- Ted_Lester placeOfBirth Scarborough,_North_Yorkshire.
- Ted_Lester placeOfBirth Scarborough,_Yorkshire.
- Ted_Lester placeOfBirth Yorkshire.
- Ted_Lester placeOfDeath England.
- Ted_Lester placeOfDeath Scarborough,_North_Yorkshire.
- Ted_Lester placeOfDeath Scarborough,_Yorkshire.
- Ted_Lester placeOfDeath Yorkshire.
- Ted_Lester role Batting_order_(cricket).
- Ted_Lester role "later Yorkshire scorer".
- Ted_Lester runs "0".
- Ted_Lester runs "10912".
- Ted_Lester shortDescription "English county cricketer and scorer".