Alan Richards (cricketer)

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

Alan Richards
Personal information
Full nameGeoffrey Alan Richards
Born(1922-05-09)9 May 1922
Auckland, New Zealand
Died27 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. At the end of the season he began his radio career by describing New Zealand's first Test victory, at Eden Park against West Indies.[2] 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 receiving the MBE for services to sport in 1988.[3][2][4]

See also

References
  1. "Alan Richards". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  2. Wisden 2014, p. 219.
  3. "NZ commentator Alan Richards dies, aged 91". stuff.co.nz. 28 December 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  4. London Gazette, 11 June 1988, p. B34.
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