# Alan Crossley

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{{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](/source/Oldham), [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire), England
|            heightft = 
|          heightinch = 
|             batting = Right-handed
|             bowling = 
|                role = [Wicket-keeper](/source/Wicket-keeper)
|              family = 
|               club1 = [Oxfordshire](/source/Oxfordshire_County_Cricket_Club)
|               year1 = 1969–1989
|         clubnumber1 = 
|             columns = 1
|             column1 = [List A](/source/List_A_cricket)
|            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 [cricket](/source/cricket)er.  Crossley was a right-handed [batsman](/source/batsman_(cricket)) who fielded as a [wicket-keeper](/source/wicket-keeper).  He was born in [Oldham](/source/Oldham), [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire).

Crossley made his debut for [Oxfordshire](/source/Oxfordshire_County_Cricket_Club) in the 1969 [Minor Counties Championship](/source/Minor_Counties_Championship) against [Buckinghamshire](/source/Buckinghamshire_County_Cricket_Club).  Crossley played [Minor counties](/source/Minor_counties_of_English_and_Welsh_cricket) 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](/source/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](/source/List_A_cricket) debut against [Durham](/source/Durham_County_Cricket_Club) in the [1972 Gillette Cup](/source/1972_Gillette_Cup).  He made 8 further List A appearances, the last coming against [Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire_County_Cricket_Club) in the [1987 NatWest Trophy](/source/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](/source/batting_average_(cricket)) of 17.33, with a high score of 38.  Behind the [stumps](/source/stumps) he took 6 [catches](/source/catch_(cricket)) and made 2 [stumping](/source/stumping)s.<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>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11547.html Alan Crossley] at [ESPNcricinfo](/source/ESPNcricinfo)
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34550/34550.html Alan Crossley] at CricketArchive

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Category:1941 births
Category:Living people
Category:Cricketers from Oldham
Category:English cricketers
Category:Oxfordshire cricketers
Category:Wicket-keepers
Category:20th-century English sportsmen

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