Alan Ormrod

Joseph Alan Ormrod (born 22 December 1942) is a former English first-class cricketer who played for Worcestershire and Lancashire.

Alan Ormrod
Personal information
Born22 December 1942 (1942-12-22) (age 78)
Ramsbottom, Lancashire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm offbreak
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 500 286
Runs scored 23,206 6,398
Batting average 30.90 25.18
100s/50s 32/113 2/34
Top score 204* 124*
Balls bowled 1,794 153
Wickets 25 4
Bowling average 43.76 33.50
5 wickets in innings 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 5/27 3/51
Catches/stumpings 400/0 78/0
Source: CricketArchive, 20 April 2019

A right-handed opening batsman, Ormrod was a key member in Worcestershire's back to back Championship winning sides of 1964 and 1965. He passed 1,000 runs in a season on 12 occasions with a best of 1,535 runs in 1978. He toured Pakistan with MCC Under-25 in 1966-67.

Ormrod scored a total of 21,753 runs for Worcestershire and is their only batsman to have scored a century in both innings of a match against Somerset, which he did in 1980. He finished his career with a brief stint at Lancashire.

Ormrod's early cricketing exploits were in Scotland as a reliable and stylish opening batsman for the Kirkcaldy High School 1st XI (average 35.1 in the 1959 season).[1]

References
  1. Kirkcaldy High School Magazine 1959 p.47


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.