Lewis Linaker

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Lewis Linaker was a first class cricketer who played one match for Yorkshire County Cricket Club against Cambridge University in 1909.

A left arm medium fast bowler, he took the wicket of John Nason, hit wicket, for 75 in Cambridge's first innings. He bowled 8 overs in all, conceding 28 runs. He was less fortunate in his two innings, batting right handed he was caught Buchanan bowled Olivier for a duck, batting at number 10, in Yorkshire's first innings and stumped Tufnell bowled Bruce-Lockhart to complete his pair in the second as Yorkshire collapsed to 88 all out and went on to lose by 6 wickets.

He was born on April 8, 1885 in Paddock, Huddersfield and died there on November 17, 1961.