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Laurie Fidee (7 July 1921 – 23 August 2011) was a Jamaican cricketer who played in one first-class match for the Jamaican cricket team in 1947/48 captained by George Headley. It was the first tour to be taken by the Jamaican team since 1939.[1] [2][3]

Laurie Fidee

Personal information
Full name	Laurie George Fidee
Born	(1921-07-07)7 July 1921 Kingston, Jamaica
Died	23 August 2011(2011-08-23) (aged 90) Arverne, New York, United States
Batting	Right-handed
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1947-48	Jamaica
Source: Cricinfo, 5 November 2020

Laurie Fidee was a right-handed batsman and all-rounder. Throughout the 1940s and early 1950s he played cricket for the Lucas Cricket Club.[4] Fidee made the first of two first-class Senior Cup centuries in 1947 using the bat of Leslie Hylton which was promised to him by the older more experienced cricketer should he pull off the feat.[5]

In 1951, he began a two year professional contract with Poloc Cricket Club in the Scottish Cricket League.[6] He later spent time studying art and playing cricket in England before returning to Jamaica where he continued to play cricket into the 1960s.[7] In 1964, he captained the Alcan Cricket Team to a Junior Cup championship.[8]

He emigrated from Jamaica to the United States in 1968.

See also

• List of Jamaican representative cricketers

References

External links

• Laurie Fidee at ESPNcricinfo

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