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Full name | Alan George Ernest Ealham | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Willesborough, Kent | 8 August 1944|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off-break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Middle-order batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Mark Ealham (son) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1966–1982 | Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,9 December 2008 |
Alan George Ernest Ealham (born 8 August 1944) is a former English professional cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club. He was born at Willesborough in Kent in 1944.
Ealham made his first-class cricket debut in 1966 after serving an apprenticeship as a welder. [1] He won his county cap in 1970 and captained the club between 1978 and 1980. [1] [2] As captain he led the county to victory in the County Championship and the Benson and Hedges Cup in 1978. [3] He was an outstanding fielder and was 12th man for the England cricket team on a number of occasions, [1] taking two catches in the Ashes Test match against Australia at Lord's at the start of the 1977 series. [4] [5] After playing he retained his links with Kent and was Second XI coach for a number of years. [1]
He is the father of Mark Ealham who also played cricket for Kent and England,and who was also a County Championship winner (with Nottinghamshire).
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