About: Jack Latchford

John Richard Latchford (16 June 1909 – 30 April 1980) was an English cricketer. Latchford was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Delph, Saddleworth, Yorkshire. Having played for the Lancashire Seconds in the Minor Counties Championship since 1927, Latchford eventually made his first-class debut for the county against the Minor Counties in 1930. He made 6 further first-class appearances, the last of which came against Middlesex in the 1932 County Championship. In his 7 first-class matches for Lancashire, he scored 154 runs at an average of 15.40, with a high score of 63. This score, his only first-class fifty, came against Gloucestershire in the 1931 County Championship. With the ball, he took 4 wickets at a bowling average of 45.25, with best figures of