| Alan Richards | |
| Fullname: | Geoffrey Alan Richards |
| Birth Date: | 9 May 1922 |
| Birth Place: | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Death Place: | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Date: | 8 March 2016 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/38311.html Cricinfo |
Geoffrey Alan Richards (9 May 1922 - 27 December 2013) was a New Zealand cricketer and sports commentator.[1]
Alan Richards played five first-class matches for Auckland in 1955–56, captaining the team in all of them, including the match against the touring West Indians, when he scored 53 and 30 not out.[2] At the end of the season he began his radio career by describing New Zealand's first Test victory, at Eden Park in Auckland against West Indies.[3] He became one of New Zealand's best-known radio sports commentators, covering four New Zealand cricket tours of England between 1973 and 1986, and was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to sport, in the 1988 Queen's Birthday Honours.[4] [3] [5]