Ludford Docker

Ludford Docker

Personal information
Full name	Ludford Charles Docker
Born	(1860-11-26)26 November 1860 Smethwick,Staffordshire, England
Died	1 August 1940(1940-08-01)(aged 79) Alveston Leys,Warwickshire,England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-fast
Role	All-rounder
Relations	Frank Dudley Docker(brother) Ralph Docker(brother)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1881–1886	Derbyshire
1894–1895	Warwickshire
FCdebut	12 May 1881 Derbyshire vMCC
LastFC	27 June 1895 Warwickshire vYorkshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 77 Runs scored 2,665 Batting average 20.82 100s/50s 1/14 Top score 107 Ballsbowled 498 Wickets 9 Bowling average 31.11 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 3/38 Catches/stumpings 41/–
Source:CricketArchive,1 February 2010

Ludford Charles Docker(26 November 1860 – 1 August 1940) was a businessman and an Englishcricketer.He played first-class cricket forDerbyshirebetween 1881 and 1886, captaining the side in 1884, and forWarwickshirein 1894 and 1895.

Early life

Docker was born inSmethwick,Staffordshire,the son of Ralph Docker and his wife Sarah Sankey. His father was a solicitor in practice atBirminghamand Smethwick who took on a large number of public appointments.He was educated atKing Edward's School, Birmingham.

Cricket career

Docker played cricket for Birmingham and Kidderminster in 1879 and also played for Derbyshire Colts in the1879 season.His first-class debut was forDerbyshire in the 1881 season.He topped their batting averages that season. He played 48 first-class matches for Derbyshire and captained the team in the1884 season.He played his club cricket with Handsworth Wood, in the Birmingham League and in 1886 presented the Docker Shield for competition between Birmingham Schools. In 1887 he moved toWarwickshireand in the winter of 1887/88 he played withArthur Shrewsbury's XI in Australia. He played several non-class games and some first-class games for Warwickshire when they joined the league, his last match being in 1895.

Business and public service

Docker had joined his brotherFrank Dudley Dockerin Docker Brothers in 1886 and in 1898 became a director of Metropolitan Railway Carriage and Wagon Company of Saltley Birmingham before the amalgamation of carriage companies by his brother in 1902. He was President of Warwickshire County Cricket Club from 1915 to 1930 and in 1923 wasHigh Sheriff of Warwickshire.He was also aJ. P.

Docker died inAlveston Leys,Warwickshire aged 79. Docker's brothersRalph Dockerand Frank also played cricket for Derbyshire and Warwickshire.