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Alan Wyatt

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Alan Wyatt
Personal information
Full name
Alan Edward Wyatt
Born (1935-04-04) 4 April 1935 (age 89)
Annandale, Sydney, Australia
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1956/57–1958/59New South Wales
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 20
Runs scored 179
Batting average 13.76
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 40
Balls bowled 3,208
Wickets 40
Bowling average 33.45
5 wickets in innings 2
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 5/36
Catches/stumpings 7/–
Source: Cricinfo, 19 January 2024

Alan Edward Wyatt (born 4 April 1935) is a former Australian cricketer.[1] He played twenty first-class matches for New South Wales between 1956–57 and 1958–59.[2]

Wyatt was an opening bowler and tail-end batsman who played three seasons for New South Wales. In their last match of the 1956–57 Sheffield Shield, he helped New South Wales avoid defeat against Victoria by making 40 at number 10 in New South Wales' follow-on after taking 5 for 100 in Victoria's first innings. The draw enabled New South Wales to retain the Shield; a loss would have given the Shield to Queensland.[3] Wyatt's best bowling figures were 5 for 36 and 2 for 41 in the victory over South Australia in 1957–58; he made 32 in the New South Wales first innings, adding 61 for the last wicket with Jim O'Regan.[4]

Wyatt played for Western Suburbs in Sydney. He was inducted into the club's Hall of Fame in 2011.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Alan Wyatt". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Alan Wyatt". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Tailenders Save Shield for N.S.W." Canberra Times: 20. 31 January 1957.
  4. ^ "South Australia v New South Wales 1957-58". Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Hall of Fame". Western Suburbs District Cricket Club. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
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