Oswald William 'Lofty' Herman (18 September 1907 – 24 June 1987) was an English

first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ...

er who played for

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English citi ...

. He was the father of cricketer Bob Herman. Herman was a tall right arm paceman who bowled in-swingers. He took over 100 wickets in a county season on five occasions with his best effort coming in 1937 when he managed 142 wickets at 22.07.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Herman, Lofty 1907 births 1987 deaths English cricketers Hampshire cricketers English cricket umpires Wiltshire cricketers Players cricketers English cricketers of 1919 to 1945 Oxfordshire cricketers