Alan McLean (New Zealand cricketer)

Alan McLean (26 September 1911 – 12 August 2003) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Wellington in the 1947-48 season.

Alan McLean
Personal information
Born(1911-09-26)26 September 1911
Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Died12 August 2003(2003-08-12) (aged 91)
Hastings, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-pace
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1947–48Wellington
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 4
Runs scored 274
Batting average 54.80
100s/50s 0/2
Top score 86
Balls bowled 861
Wickets 14
Bowling average 21.71
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 4/25
Catches/stumpings 4/0
Source: Cricinfo, 20 May 2018

A solid middle-order batsman and an accurate medium-pace bowler who was able to move the ball sharply off the wicket, McLean played for the Institute club in Wellington. He topped the Wellington Cricket Association averages in the 1936-37 season with 43 wickets at 11.23.[1][2] In a match for a Wellington second team against Hawke's Bay in 1937-38 he took 5 for 9 off 10 overs in Hawke’s Bay’s first innings, then made the top score of the match with 51.[3]

The Second World War intervened before he could play first-class cricket. A carpenter by trade, he served as a sapper with New Zealand forces in North Africa.[4]

In 1947-48, at the age of 36, he played his only season of first-class cricket, a full season of four matches for Wellington. He made 41 and took 2 for 50 and 2 for 37 against Otago;[5] made 15 and 38 not out and took 4 for 25 and 2 for 47 against Canterbury;[6] and made 86 and took 2 for 51 and 0 for 50 against Auckland.[7] With 180 runs at an average of 60.00 and 12 wickets at 21.83, he was sixth in the national Plunket Shield batting averages and first in the bowling among those bowlers with 10 wickets or more. At the end of the season he played for Wellington in a first-class match against the touring Fijian team, making 21 and 73 and taking 0 for 12 and 2 for 30.[8]

References
  1. "Institute Old Boys' Club". The Evening Post. 3 September 1937. p. 15. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  2. "Flashes from Saturday's Cricket". Auckland Star. 11 November 1940. p. 10. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  3. "Hawke's Bay v Wellington XI 1937-38". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  4. "Alan McLean". Online Cenotaph. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  5. "Wellington v Otago 1947-48". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  6. "Canterbury v Wellington 1947-48". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  7. "Auckland v Wellington 1947-48". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  8. "Wellington v Fiji 1947-48". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
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