Alan Ormrod, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Alan Ormrod

English cricketer

Date of Birth: 22-Dec-1942

Place of Birth: Ramsbottom, England, United Kingdom

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Joseph Alan Ormrod (born 22 December 1942) is a former English first-class cricketer who played for Worcestershire and Lancashire. A right-handed opening batsman, Ormrod was a key member in Worcestershire's back to back Championship winning sides of 1964 and 1965.
He passed 1,000 runs in a season on 12 occasions with a best of 1,535 runs in 1978.
He toured Pakistan with MCC Under-25 in 1966-67. Ormrod scored a total of 21,753 runs for Worcestershire and is their only batsman to have scored a century in both innings of a match against Somerset, which he did in 1980.
He finished his career with a brief stint at Lancashire. Ormrod's early cricketing exploits were in Scotland as a reliable and stylish opening batsman for the Kirkcaldy High School 1st XI (average 35.1 in the 1959 season).