Alan Hampshire

Alan Wesley Hampshire (born 18 October 1950, Rotherham, Yorkshire, England) is an English first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1975.[1]

A right-handed batsman, his only first-class match came against Derbyshire at Queen's Park, Chesterfield. He scored 17 and 1 in a drawn game.[1] He played four one day matches, scoring 3 against Lancashire, ducks against Leicestershire and Northamptonshire and not batting against Worcestershire.

He also appeared for Yorkshire Second XI in 1974 and 1975, Yorkshire Under-25s in 1975, Northamptonshire Second XI in 1976 and the MCC from 1981 to 1983.

He has now become a Hundall CC legend where he has played since 2004 with a batting average of 29.95

He was born into a cricketing family. His father, John Hampshire, played three matches for Yorkshire in 1937,[1] and his brother is the former Yorkshire and England batsman and umpire, Jack Hampshire. The former Gloucestershire cricketer Anthony Windows is his cousin, and his nephew, Paul Hampshire played a few games for the Nottinghamshire Second XI.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 369. ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4.

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