Alan Wright (cricketer)
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| Full name | Alan Jack Barton Wright | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 March 1905 Semilong, Northamptonshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 29 July 1989 (aged 84) Catford, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Ronald Wright (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1922–1923 | Northamptonshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 19 November 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alan Jack Barton Wright (3 March 1905 – 29 July 1989) was an English cricketer. Wright was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Semilong, Northamptonshire.
Wright made two first-class appearances for Northamptonshire against Yorkshire in the 1922 County Championship and Nottinghamshire in the 1923 County Championship.[1] In the match against Yorkshire at the County Ground, Northampton, Wright scored a single run Northamptonshire's first-innings, before being dismissed by George Macaulay. In their second-innings he was dismissed for a duck by Wilfred Rhodes. Yorkshire won the match by ten wickets.[2] In the match against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge, he was dismissed for a duck in Northamptonshire's first-innings by Frank Matthews, while in their second-innings he scored 3 runs, before being dismissed by the same bowler.[3]
He died at Catford, London on 29 July 1989. His brother, Ronald Wright, also played first-class cricket for Northamptonshire.
References[edit]
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Alan Wright". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ^ "Northamptonshire v Yorkshire, 1922 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ^ "Nottinghamshire v Northamptonshire, 1923 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
External links[edit]
- Alan Wright at ESPNcricinfo
- Alan Wright at CricketArchive