Alan Richards (cricketer)

Geoffrey Alan Richards MBE (9 May 1922 – 27 December 2013) was a New Zealand cricketer and sports commentator.^[1]

Alan Richards

MBE

Personal information
Full name	Geoffrey Alan Richards
Born	(1922-05-09)9 May 1922 Auckland, New Zealand
Died	27 December 2013(2013-12-27) (aged 91) Auckland, New Zealand
Source: Cricinfo, 8 March 2016

Alan Richards played five first-class matches for Auckland in 1955–56, captaining the team in all of them, including the match against the touring West Indians, when he scored 53 and 30 not out.^[2] At the end of the season he began his radio career by describing New Zealand's first Test victory, at Eden Park in Auckland against West Indies.^[3] He became one of New Zealand's best-known radio sports commentators, covering four New Zealand cricket tours of England between 1973 and 1986, and was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to sport, in the 1988 Queen's Birthday Honours.^[4][3][5]

See also

• List of Auckland representative cricketers