Career
Colin Bateman, a cricket writer, noted that "Fishlock, a good county performer, was astonishingly unlucky when his Test chance did come along. A forcing left-hander, he went on two Ashes tours (1936-1937) and (1946-1947) and suffered hand injuries both times, restricting him to one Test overseas". He joined the staff of Surrey in 1930, and made his first-class debut the following season.
However he did not play in a substantial number of matches until 1934, when he made 598 runs with an average of 31.47.
The following year he came right to the fore. He made 2,129 runs at an average of 53.22.
He was selected for the Players at Lord"s, played in two Test trials and was selected for two Tests against India. He was selected for the following winter"s tour of Australia, but missed six weeks through a broken bone in his right hand, and thus missed his chance to press for a Test place.
During the 1937 season, he switched to opening the batting for Surrey, and occupied that batting position for most of the remainder of his career.
He continued to score heavily, and was selected for a Test trial in 1938, in which he made a hundred, but even so could not force his way into the Test team He had trained as an engineer, and during World World War II he made aircraft parts for the Royal Air Force. After the war, he had a fine season in 1946, with 2,241 runs at an average of 50.47. He went on the 1946-1947 tour of Australia and played in his fourth and final Test.
In 1948 he made his highest score, 253 against Leicestershire at Grace Road, Leicester.
Later he was a coach at Trinity School of John Whitgift, Croydon and Street Dunstan"s College. Fishlock also played professional football as a winger, including three seasons (1929–1932) with Crystal Palace and two with Southampton (1934–1936).
Prior to turning professional, he had played in amateur international fixtures for England. He also played professionally for Aldershot, Gillingham and Millwall.
Laurie Fishlock died in hospital following an operation, in Sutton, London, in June 1986, aged 79.
