Maurice Hallam

Maurice Hallam
Personal information
Full name
Maurice Raymond Hallam
Born(1931-09-10)10 September 1931
Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Died1 January 2000(2000-01-01) (aged 68)
Leicester, Leicestershire
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1950–1970Leicestershire
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 1/0
Top score 210* 106
Balls bowled 204 0
Wickets 4 –
Bowling average 35.50 –
5 wickets in innings 0 –
10 wickets in match 0 –
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 [1].
  • He scored a century in each innings of a match on 3 occasions, the most ever for the county [2].
  • He is one of only four Leicestershire batsmen 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.


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