Jack Laver, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jack Laver

Australian cricketer

Date of Birth: 09-Mar-1917

Place of Birth: Malvern, Victoria, Australia

Date of Death: 03-Oct-2017

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Jack Francis Lee Laver (9 March 1917 – 3 October 2017) was a Tasmanian cricketer who played 13 matches of first class cricket for Tasmania between 1946 and 1952. Laver was an off-spin bowler and lower-order batsman.
He made his highest first-class score of 93 on his debut, playing against Victoria in 1946-47.
His innings took only 94 minutes.
Two weeks later he took his best bowling figures of 5 for 26 (off only 34 balls) against the touring MCC team, including the wickets of Denis Compton and Bill Edrich.
He captained Tasmania against Victoria in the 1950-51 season, but Tasmania lost the match by nine wickets.He served in World War II as a lieutenant in the 6th Australian Division Provost Company.In March 2017 he became only the third Australian first-class cricketer, after Ted Martin and Harold Stapleton, to reach 100 years of age.
He died on 3 October 2017.
His wife Nancy predeceased him.