About: Ivor Skinner

Ivor John Skinner (born 1 April 1928) is a former English cricketer. Skinner was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Walthamstow, Essex. Skinner made his first-class debut for Essex against Glamorgan in the 1950 County Championship. He made twelve further first-class appearances in that season, the last of which came against Kent. In his twelve first-class appearances, he took 21 wickets at an average of 38.47, with best figures of 4/56. A tailend batsman in the truest sense of the word, Skinner scored just 28 runs at a batting average of 2.00, with a high score of 7 not out. This was his only season of first-class cricket with Essex, with him leaving the county at the end of it.