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Full name
  
Maurice Raymond Hallam

Batting style
  
Right-handed


Name
  
Maurice Hallam

Role
  
Cricket Player

Born
  
10 September 1931 (
1931-09-10
)
Leicester, Leicestershire, England

Died
  
January 1, 2000, Leicester, United Kingdom

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 in century in each innings of a match on 3 occasions, the most ever for the county [2].
  • His is one of only four Leicestershire batsman 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

    • References

    Maurice Hallam Wikipedia
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