Alan Ormrod Explained

Alan Ormrod
Birth Place:Ramsbottom, Lancashire, England
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right-arm offbreak
Columns:2
Column1:First-class
Matches1:500
Runs1:23,206
Bat Avg1:30.90
100S/50S1:32/113
Top Score1:204
Deliveries1:1,794
Wickets1:25
Bowl Avg1:43.76
Fivefor1:1
Tenfor1:0
Best Bowling1:5/27
Catches/Stumpings1:400/0
Column2:List A
Matches2:286
Runs2:6,398
Bat Avg2:25.18
100S/50S2:2/34
Top Score2:124
Deliveries2:153
Wickets2:4
Bowl Avg2:33.50
Fivefor2:0
Tenfor2:0
Best Bowling2:3/51
Catches/Stumpings2:78/0
Source:https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31807/31807.html CricketArchive
Date:20 April
Year:2019

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

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]

Notes and References

  1. Kirkcaldy High School Magazine 1959 p.47