Maurice Hallam
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| Full name | Maurice Raymond Hallam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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10 September 1931 Leicester, Leicestershire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 January 2000 (aged 68) Leicester, Leicestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 .
- He scored in century in each innings of a match on 3 occasions, the most ever for the county .
- His is one of only four Leicestershire batsman to make more than 2000 runs in a season, scoring 2096 in 1961 .
- His 23662 runs is second only to Les Berry for most ever runs for Leicestershire
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