Verner Luckin

Who was Verner Luckin?

Verner Valentine Luckin was an English cricketer. Luckin was a left-handed batsman who bowled leg break googly.

Luckin made his first-class debut for Hampshire in the 1910 County Championship against Somerset, where in Somerset's second innings Luckin took 3/39.

Luckin played ten first-class matches for Hampshire up until the end of the 1912 season, with Luckin's final first-class match for the county against Middlesex. In his ten matches Luckin had no success with the bat and with the ball he took 13 wickets at a bowling average of 39.46.

After the First World War, Luckin made his debut for Warwickshire against Surrey in the 1919 County Championship. Luckin played nine first-class matches for Warwickshire in the 1919 season, with his final first-class match for the county coming against Worcestershire. Luckin had more success with the bat for Warwickshire, scoring 195 runs at an average of 27.85, with a single half century score of 59* out against Lancashire. With the ball Luckin took eleven wickets at a bowling average of 30.18, with best figures of 3-19.

Luckin died at High Cross, Hampshire on November 28, 1931.