Alan Russell Hounsell (born 8 February 1947) is a New Zealand former cricketer. He played first-class and List A cricket for Auckland, Canterbury, Northern Districts and Wellington between 1968 and 1977.[1][2]
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| Full name | Alan Russell Hounsell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 February 1947 Christchurch, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1969/70–1976/77 | Canterbury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1972/73 | Wellington | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1973/74 | Auckland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1974/75 | Northern Districts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 2 June 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
An opening bowler, Hounsell played several years of representative under-age cricket before progressing to Canterbury's senior team. For Canterbury Under-23s against Northern Districts Under-23s in February 1969, he took 7 for 19 off 12 overs.[3] His most successful first-class season was 1971-72, when he took 18 wickets at an average of 20.88,[4] and took his best figures of 5 for 50 for Canterbury against Wellington.[5]
Hounsell went into the insurance industry, where his success in sales and marketing, on top of his experience in cricket as a player, coach and selector, led Table Tennis New Zealand to select him in 1996 as the first chairman of its board.[6]
References edit
- ^ "Alan Hounsell". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
- ^ "Alan Hounsell". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
- ^ "Canterbury Under-23s v Northern Districts Under-23s 1968-69". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ "First-Class Bowling in Each Season by Alan Hounsell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ "Wellington v Canterbury 1971-72". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ "Table Tennis "Outsider" Elected Chairman". Table Tennis New Zealand. Retrieved 5 June 2023.