Lindsay Richard 'Len' Tuckett (19 April 1885 – 8 April 1963) was a South African
cricket
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er who played in one
Test
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in 1914. He was the father of
Lindsay who also played Test cricket. He played domestic cricket for
Natal
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and
Orange Free State
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.
Tuckett is part of one of the more unusual
first-class batting records. Playing for the Orange Free State against
Western Province
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at
Bloemfontein
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in the 1925–26
Currie Cup
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, Tuckett was involved in a century
partnership
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for the tenth wicket in each innings, the only time this has occurred in first-class cricket. Tuckett put on 115 runs in the first innings with
Lancelot Fuller
Lancelot du Lac (French for Lancelot of the Lake), also written as Launcelot and other variants (such as early German ''Lanzelet'', early French ''Lanselos'', early Welsh ''Lanslod Lak'', Italian ''Lancillotto'', Spanish ''Lanzarote del Lago' ...
, and 129 runs in the second innings with
Frank Caulfield
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Curr ...
. Orange Free State won by 46 runs.
References
1885 births
1963 deaths
KwaZulu-Natal cricketers
Free State cricketers
South Africa Test cricketers
South African cricketers
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