Full Name

Alan Roderick Hansford

Born

October 01, 1968, Cuckfield, Sussex

Age

55y 180d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium

Alan Hansford was an opening seam bowler for Sussex between 1989 and 1992, although he played for the 2nd XI as early as 1987. He took 4 for 46 and 4 for 29 on his first-class debut against Cambridge University, and in his second Championship match at the end of that summer took a career-best 5 for 79 against Hampshire at Hove. He finished the season with 20 wickets at 24.25 but was unable to recapture that form in subsequent years. In 1989 Hansford was a member of the Combined Universities side, captained by Mike Atherton, which reached the quarter-finals of the Benson & Hedges Cup. Years later Atherton wrote that Hansford was the only gay cricketer he had come across, in response to a letter from Hansford in which he wrote that "there can't be too many gay accountants who dismissed you twice in a first class match".
Martin Williamson

Alan Hansford Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50sCtSt
FC101131092913.620030
List A321494913*9.800030

Bowling

FormatMatBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
FC101921991305/79-33.033.0964.0-10
List A3216491313305/325/3243.764.7754.9010

Recent Matches of Alan Hansford

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Sussex vs Minor C4*1/4430-Apr-1992MarlowList A
Sussex vs Leics--0/4823-Apr-1992LeicesterList A
Sussex vs Surrey--1/3021-Apr-1992HoveList A
Comb Univ vs Northants--0/1804-May-1991NorthamptonList A
Comb Univ vs WORCS13*0/3102-May-1991CambridgeList A

Debut/Last Matches of Alan Hansford

FC Matches

Span
1989 - 1992

List A Matches

Span
1989 - 1992