{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | country = England | international = | fullname = Alan Crossley | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1941|5|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = Oldham, Lancashire, England | heightft = | heightinch = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = | role = Wicket-keeper | family = | club1 = Oxfordshire | year1 = 1969–1989 | clubnumber1 = | columns = 1 | column1 = List A | matches1 = 9 | runs1 = 104 | bat avg1 = 17.33 | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 38 | deliveries1 = – | wickets1 = – | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1 = 6/2 | date = 24 May | year = 2011 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11547.html Cricinfo }}
'''Alan Crossley''' (born 14 May 1941) is a former English cricketer. Crossley was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Oldham, Lancashire.
Crossley made his debut for Oxfordshire in the 1969 Minor Counties Championship against Buckinghamshire. Crossley played Minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire from 1969 to 1989 which included 153 Minor Counties Championship matches<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34550/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Alan Crossley|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 May 2011}}</ref> and 9 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34550/Minor_Counties_Trophy_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Alan Crossley|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 May 2011}}</ref> He made his List A debut against Durham in the 1972 Gillette Cup. He made 8 further List A appearances, the last coming against Leicestershire in the 1987 NatWest Trophy.<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34550/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Alan Crossley|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 May 2011}}</ref> In his 9 List A matches, he scored 104 runs at a batting average of 17.33, with a high score of 38. Behind the stumps he took 6 catches and made 2 stumpings.<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34550/a_Batting_by_Team.html|title=List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Alan Crossley|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 May 2011}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11547.html Alan Crossley] at ESPNcricinfo *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34550/34550.html Alan Crossley] at CricketArchive
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Crossley, Alan}} Category:1941 births Category:Living people Category:Cricketers from Oldham Category:English cricketers Category:Oxfordshire cricketers Category:Wicket-keepers Category:20th-century English sportsmen