Alan Ormrod
{{short description|English cricketer (born 1942)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Alan Ormrod
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|22 December 1942}}
| birth_place = Ramsbottom, Lancashire, England
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm offbreak
| columns = 2
| column1 = First-class
| matches1 = 500
| runs1 = 23,206
| bat avg1 = 30.90
| 100s/50s1 = 32/113
| top score1 = 204*
| deliveries1 = 1,794
| wickets1 = 25
| bowl avg1 = 43.76
| fivefor1 = 1
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 5/27
| catches/stumpings1= 400/0
| column2 = List A
| matches2 = 286
| runs2 = 6,398
| bat avg2 = 25.18
| 100s/50s2 = 2/34
| top score2 = 124*
| deliveries2 = 153
| wickets2 = 4
| bowl avg2 = 33.50
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 3/51
| catches/stumpings2= 78/0
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31807/31807.html CricketArchive
| date = 20 April
| year = 2019
}}
Joseph Alan Ormrod (born 22 December 1942) is a former English first-class cricketer who played for Worcestershire and Lancashire.
A right-handed opening batsman, Ormrod was a key member in Worcestershire's back to back Championship winning sides of 1964 and 1965. He passed 1,000 runs in a season on 12 occasions with a best of 1,535 runs in 1978. He toured Pakistan with MCC Under-25 in 1966–67.
Ormrod scored a total of 21,753 runs for Worcestershire and is their only batsman to have scored a century in both innings of a match against Somerset, which he did in 1980. He finished his career with a brief stint at Lancashire.
Ormrod's early cricketing exploits were in Scotland as a reliable and stylish opening batsman for the Kirkcaldy High School 1st XI (average 35.1 in the 1959 season).Kirkcaldy High School Magazine 1959 p.47
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External links
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Category:Lancashire cricketers
Category:Worcestershire cricketers
Category:International Cavaliers cricketers
Category:People from Ramsbottom
Category:Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Bury
Category:Marylebone Cricket Club Under-25s cricketers
Category:Marylebone Cricket Club President's XI cricketers
Category:Cricketers from Greater Manchester
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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