Alec Cunningham

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Alec Cunningham

| fullname = Alec George Gordon Cunningham

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|7|15|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Knowle, Somerset, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1981|7|21|1905|7|15|df=yes}}

| death_place = Keynsham, Somerset, England

| batting = Right-handed

| club1 = Somerset

| year1 = 1930

| columns = 1

| hidedeliveries = true

| column1 = FC

| matches1 = 2

| runs1 = 10

| bat avg1 = 10.00

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 6*

| deliveries1 = 0

| wickets1 = –

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = 3/1

| date = 22 December 2015

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3509/3509.html CricketArchive

}}

Alec George Gordon Cunningham (15 July 1905 at Knowle, Somerset – 21 July 1981 at Keynsham, Somerset), was a cricketer who played two first-class matches for Somerset in the 1930 cricket season.

A lower-order batsman and wicketkeeper, Cunningham was picked as one of a series of temporary replacements for the regular Somerset wicketkeeper, Wally Luckes, who suffered ill-health over several seasons around 1930.

Cunningham appeared first in the University match against Cambridge University at Fenner's early in June, made 6 not out, his highest score, and took two catches and a stumping.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/13/13477.html | title = Cambridge University v Somerset |date = 1930-06-04 |publisher = www.cricketarchive.com |url-access=subscription | accessdate = 2008-11-24}} Two weeks later, his second and final game was the home match at Taunton against Nottinghamshire. He made 2 not out batting at No 11 in the first innings and took one catch, but was then tried as a makeshift opener in the second Somerset innings, when the county batted again with very little time left on the second day. The move was not a success: Cunningham was out for 2 before the close of play, the only time in his first-class career when he was dismissed.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/13/13515.html | title = Somerset v Nottinghamshire |date = 1930-06-18 |publisher = www.cricketarchive.com |url-access=subscription | accessdate = 2008-11-24}}

He did not play first-class cricket again.