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Full name | Alan Russell Hounsell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Christchurch, New Zealand | 8 February 1947|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
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]
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]