David Laitt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetDavid Laitt
English cricketer
Date of Birth: 03-May-1931
Place of Birth: Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 27-Jun-1998
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About David Laitt
- David James Laitt (3 May 1931 – 27 June 1998) was an English cricketer.
- Laitt was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace.
- It was while doing National Service with the Royal Air Force that he was told to concentrate on his bowling, having started off as a batsman.He was born in Oxford, England.
- He was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford.
- Laitt made his debut for Oxfordshire in the 1952 Minor Counties Championship against Berkshire.
- Laitt played Minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire from 1952 to 1972, which included 116 Minor Counties Championship matches.
- He made his List A debut against Cambridgeshire in the 1967 Gillette Cup.
- He played 2 further List A matches for Oxfordshire, against Worcestershire in 1970, and Durham in 1972.
- In his 3 List A matches for Oxfordshire, he took 6 wickets at a bowling average of 14.33, with best figures of 3/29.
- By the end of his career with Oxfordshire, Laitt was the counties leading wicket taker in Minor counties cricket, finishing with 670 wickets at an average of just 16.70.
- This record stood until it was surpassed by Keith Arnold in 2009.Playing Minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire allowed him to represent the Minor Counties cricket team.
- He made 2 first-class appearances for the team against: the Indians in 1959 and the South Africans in 1960.
- In his 2 first-class matches, he took 6 wickets at an average of 31.00, with best figures of 4/58.
- Laitt also appeared in List A cricket for Minor Counties South, making 6 appearances spread over the 1972 Benson & Hedges Cup and the 1973 Benson & Hedges Cup.
- He took 8 wickets in his 6 appearances for the team, coming at an average of 22.12 and with best figures of 3/28.Outside of cricket, Laitt worked as a computer administrator.
- He worked for 12 years at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment in Harwell, before working at Heathrow Airport.
- Laitt died in Croydon, Surrey, on 27 June 1998.
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