Maurice Hallam
English cricketer
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| Intro | English cricketer | |
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain England | |
| was | Athlete Cricketer | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 10 September 1931, Leicester, Leicester, Leicestershire, East Midlands | |
| Death | 1 January 2000Leicester, Leicester, Leicestershire, East Midlands (aged 68 years) |
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Biography
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