alan, richards, cricketer, geoffrey, alan, richards, 1922, december, 2013, zealand, cricketer, sports, commentator, alan, richardsmbepersonal, informationfull, namegeoffrey, alan, richardsborn, 1922, 1922auckland, zealanddied27, december, 2013, 2013, aged, auc. Geoffrey Alan Richards MBE 9 May 1922 27 December 2013 was a New Zealand cricketer and sports commentator 1 Alan RichardsMBEPersonal informationFull nameGeoffrey Alan RichardsBorn 1922 05 09 9 May 1922Auckland New ZealandDied27 December 2013 2013 12 27 aged 91 Auckland New ZealandSource Cricinfo 8 March 2016Alan Richards played five first class matches for Auckland in 1955 56 captaining the team 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 EditList of Auckland representative cricketersReferences Edit Alan Richards ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved 8 March 2016 Auckland v West Indians 1955 56 CricketArchive Retrieved 29 December 2020 a b Wisden 2014 p 219 NZ commentator Alan Richards dies aged 91 stuff co nz 28 December 2013 Retrieved 21 September 2019 London Gazette 11 June 1988 p B34 External links EditAlan Richards at ESPNcricinfo This biographical article related to a New Zealand cricket person born in the 1920s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alan Richards cricketer amp oldid 1131453036, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
