| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting style | Left-handed batsman | |||
| Bowling style | Left-arm medium pace | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | Ireland | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | First-class | List A | ||
| Matches | 1 | 3 | ||
| Runs scored | 12 | 15 | ||
| Batting average | - | 15.00 | ||
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | 0/0 | ||
| Top score | 12* | 15 | ||
| Balls bowled | 116 | 126 | ||
| Wickets | 4 | 2 | ||
| Bowling average | 15.25 | 43.50 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | n/a | ||
| Best bowling | 3/22 | 2/44 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 0/0 | 0/0 | ||
| Source: Cricket Archive, | ||||
Alan Samuel Jeffrey (born 18 October 1963 in Derry, Northern Ireland)[1] is a former Irish cricketer. A left-handed batsman and left-arm medium pace bowler,[1] he played eleven times for the Ireland cricket team between 1984 and 1989[2] including one first-class match[3] and three List A matches.[4]
Jeffrey made his debut for Ireland against the MCC in June 1984. He played against the West Indies later that month[2] and made his List A debut the following month against Surrey in the NatWest Trophy.[4] He played against Wales eleven days later, but did not play for Ireland again for almost three years.[2]
He returned to the Irish side for a match against Northamptonshire in June 1987, before playing six times in 1989.[2] This included his only first-class game, against Scotland[3] and his final List A game against Derbyshire.[4] His final game for Ireland was against Wales.[2]
In all matches for Ireland, he scored 91 runs at an average of 22.75 with a top score of 28 against Wales in July 1984. He took 15 wickets at an average of 39.73, with best innings bowling figures of 3/22 against Scotland in July 1989.[2]