Andrew Corran

Andrew John Corran (born 25 November 1936) is a former first-class English cricketer and schoolmaster.

Andrew Corran
Personal information
Full nameAndrew John Corran
Born (1936-11-25) 25 November 1936
Norwich, Norfolk, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1955–1960Norfolk
1958–1960Cambridge University
1961–1965Nottinghamshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 132 3
Runs scored 2,476 27
Batting average 16.28 13.50
100s/50s 0/4 0/0
Top score 75 15
Balls bowled 23,883 234
Wickets 410 6
Bowling average 25.74 17.50
5 wickets in innings 21 0
10 wickets in match 1 0
Best bowling 7/45 4/35
Catches/stumpings 77/– 1/–
Source: CricketArchive, 5 August 2020

After starting his career at Gresham's School, Holt (where he was also a good hockey player), at Trinity College, Oxford (where he was a cricket blue in all three of his seasons), and in Minor Counties cricket for Norfolk, Corran moved to Nottinghamshire, for whom he played between 1961 and 1965. He was the club's captain in the 1962 season, when he made 620 runs and took 64 wickets in the County Championship, but Nottinghamshire finished 15th.[1] In the 1965 County Championship he took 109 wickets at an average of 20.30.[2]

In the 1960 Oxford and Cambridge match, Corran took 12 wickets for 116 runs.[3] Earlier in the season he had taken 7 for 45, bowling unchanged through the innings, to dismiss Lancashire for 103.[4] Also in 1960, he played for the Gentlemen in the Gentlemen v Players match at Lord's.

A schoolmaster, he took a job in Australia in late 1965 and ended his first-class cricket career. From 1968 until retirement he taught mathematics and cricket at Cranleigh School.

He and his wife Gay, an artist, have five children.

References

  1. Wisden 1963, pp. 556–558.
  2. Wisden 1966, p. 519.
  3. "Oxford University v Cambridge University 1960". Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  4. "Oxford University v Lancashire 1960". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
John Clay
Nottinghamshire County cricket captain
1962
Succeeded by
Geoff Millman
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