{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Alan Hodgson | image = | country = England | fullname = Alan Hodgson | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1951|10|27|df=yes}} | birth_place = Moorside, England | death_date = {{death date and age|2016|10|06|1951|10|27|df=yes}} | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | batting = Left-handed | bowling = Right-arm fast-medium | role = Bowler | family = | club1 = Northamptonshire | year1 = 1970–1979 | columns = 2 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 99 | runs1 = 909 | bat avg1 = 9.67 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 41* | deliveries1 = 5,964 | wickets1 = 206 | bowl avg1 = 28.95 | fivefor1 = 2 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 5/30 | catches/stumpings1 = 31/– | column2 = List A | matches2 = 127 | runs2 = 408 | bat avg2 = 7.15 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 26 | deliveries2 = 4,153 | wickets2 = 169 | bowl avg2 = 24.57 | fivefor2 = 2 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 7/39 | catches/stumpings2 = 20/– | date = 13 June | year = 2010 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30299/30299.html CricketArchive }} '''Alan Hodgson''' (27 October 1951 – 6 October 2016) was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler who used to play for Northamptonshire.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/1137257.html|title=Wisden Obituaries, 2016|date=20 February 2018|website=Cricinfo}}</ref>
Hodgson made his debut in 1970, and was part of the Northamptonshire team that won the 1976 Gillette Cup.<ref name=Chronicle>{{cite news| url= http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/sport/cricket/northants/tributes-pour-in-for-former-northants-bowler-alan-hodgson-1-7619084| title= Tributes pour in for former Northants bowler Alan Hodgson| work=Northampton Chronicle & Echo| date=7 October 2016| accessdate=8 October 2016}}</ref> In the same year, he won a county cap.<ref name=Chronicle/> He retired in 1979, but continued to play for the Old Northamptonians.<ref name=Chronicle/> In his autobiography, David Gower described Hodgson as a "big tall Geordie".<ref>{{cite book| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=oNAXCwAAQBAJ&q=alan+hodgson+cricketer| title= An Endangered Species| last=Gower| first=David| author-link=David Gower| publisher= Simon and Schuster| page=70| date=September 2013| access-date=8 October 2016| isbn= 9781471102370}}</ref> He died suddenly on 6 October 2016.<ref name=Chronicle/> Speaking after the announcement of his death, Allan Lamb said of Hodgson that "He was a great man. When I first came to Northampton he was the guy that looked after me, helped me and settled me in."<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-northamptonshire-37395983?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=57f7b202e4b0e56865c380bd%26Northants%27%20Gillette%20Cup%20winner%20Alan%20Hodgson%20dies%20aged%2064%26&ns_fee=0#post_57f7b202e4b0e56865c380bd| title= Northants' Gillette Cup winner Alan Hodgson dies aged 64| last=Radd| first=Andrew| work=BBC Radio Northampton| date=6 October 2016| accessdate=8 October 2016}}</ref>
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