About Laddie Bakelman
Lived 1900 – 1965. Laddie Bakelman was a cricketer.
Ladislaus Edmund "Laddie" Bakelman (1900 – 1965) was a cricketer who played on Ceylon's first tour in 1932–33.
Laddie Bakelman attended St. Benedict's College, Colombo, where he was one of the leading schoolboy bowlers in Ceylon. A slow-medium left-arm spinner, he was able to make the ball move either way off the pitch. He played for Bloomfield in Colombo club cricket. In the two victories on the tour, Ceylon's first-ever first-class victories, he took 23 wickets for 202: 6 for 34 and 6 for 65 against Patiala, and 6 for 42 and 5 for 61 against Central Provinces and Berar.
He became a prominent umpire and schools coach in Ceylon.
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Who was Laddie Bakelman?
Sri Lankan cricketer (1900-1965)
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Laddie Bakelman was born in 1900 in Sri Lanka.
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Laddie Bakelman died in 1965 in Sri Lanka.
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Laddie Bakelman was a cricketer.
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