Maurice Hallam

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Maurice Hallam

Personal information

Full name

Maurice Raymond Hallam

Born

10 September 1931
Leicester, Leicestershire, England

Died

1 January 2000 (aged 68)
Leicester, Leicestershire

Batting style

Right-handed

Career statistics

Competition	First-class	List A
Matches	504	17
Runs scored	24,488	335
Batting average	28.84	19.70
100s/50s	32/122	1/–
Top score	210*	106
Balls bowled	204	–
Wickets	4	–
Bowling average	35.50	–
5 wickets in innings	–	–
10 wickets in match	–	n/a
Best bowling	1/12	–
Catches/stumpings	452/–	5/–

Source: CricketArchive, 18 September 2013

Maurice Raymond Hallam (10 September 1931 — 1 January 2000) was an English first-class cricketer for Leicestershire. He was a right-handed opening batsman.

Hallam made his first-class debut for Leicestershire in 1950 and played his last game in 1970. He captained the county in 1963, 1964, 1965 and 1968.

Records

A good slips fielder, Hallam took 56 catches in 1961 which remains a record for most catches in a season for Leicestershire .
He scored in century in each innings of a match on 3 occasions, the most ever for the county .
His is one of only four Leicestershire batsman to make more than 2000 runs in a season, scoring 2096 in 1961 .
His 23662 runs is second only to Les Berry for most ever runs for Leicestershire

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Name	Hallam, Maurice
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Short description	English cricketer
Date of birth	1931
Place of birth
Date of death	2000
Place of death

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