Alan Armitage

This article is about the cricketer. For the horticulturist, see Allan Armitage.

Alan Kenneth Armitage (born 25 January 1930) is an English former first-class cricketer. Armitage was a right-handed batsman who occasionally fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire.

Alan Armitage

Personal information
Full name	Alan Kenneth Armitage
Born	(1930-01-25) 25 January 1930 (age 94) Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Occasional wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1951	Oxford University
1950–1951	Nottinghamshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 7 Runs scored 348 Batting average 34.80 100s/50s 1/1 Top score 115 Balls bowled – Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 3/–
Source: Cricinfo, 13 November 2011

Armitage made his first-class debut for Nottinghamshire against Warwickshire in the 1950 County Championship. He played a further match that season against Hampshire. In 1951, he made a single first-class appearance for his home county against Oxford University, where incidentally he himself was also studying. In that same season he made two first-class appearances for the university, against the Free Foresters and Leicestershire. In the match against the Free Foresters he scored his only first-class century, making 155 runs in the university's first-innings, while in their second-innings he followed this up with an unbeaten 57.^[1] Two appearances in July in the 1951 County Championship against Somerset and Yorkshire were to be his final first-class appearances.^[2] Playing against Yorkshire, he was part of a Fred Trueman hat-trick, with the then future England Test cricketer taking the wickets of Reg Simpson, Armitage and Peter Harvey.^[3] Overall, Armitage scored 348 runs in first-class cricket, which came at an average of 34.80.

References

1. "Oxford University v Free Foresters, 1951". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
2. "First-Class Matches played by Alan Armitage". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
3. "Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire, 1951 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 November 2011.

External links

• Alan Armitage at ESPNcricinfo
• Alan Armitage at CricketArchive