Maurice Hallam
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Maurice Raymond Hallam (September 10, 1931 — January 1, 2000) was an English first class cricketer for Leicestershire County Cricket Club. He was a right handed opening batsman
[edit] Records
- A good slips fielder, Hallam took 56 catches in 1961 which remains a record for most catches in a season for Leicestershire[1].
- He scored in century in each innings of a match on 3 occasions, the most ever for the county[2].
- Only one of 4 Leicestershire batsman to make more than 2000 runs in a season, scoring 2096 in 1961[3].
- His 23662 runs is second only to Les Berry for most ever runs for Leicestershire
