{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Alan Hurd | image = | country = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date|1937|9|7|df=yes}} | birth_place = Ilford, Essex, England | death_date = {{death date and age|2016|4|11|1937|9|7|df=yes}} | death_place = | batting = Left-handed | bowling = Right-arm off-spin | role = Bowler
| club1 = Essex | year1 = 1958–1960 | clubnumber1 = | club2 = | year2 = | clubnumber2 =
| columns = 1 | column1 = FC | matches1 = 90 | runs1 = 376 | bat avg1 = 5.37 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 21 | deliveries1 = 17073 | wickets1 = 249 | bowl avg1 = 30.80 | fivefor1 = 13 | tenfor1 = 1 | best bowling1 = 6/15 | catches/stumpings1 = 16/0
| date = 19 July 2013 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/14320.html Cricinfo }} '''Alan Hurd''' (7 September 1937 – 11 April 2016) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Essex.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/1137257.html|title=Wisden Obituaries, 2016|date=20 February 2018|publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
Hurd was educated at Chigwell School and Clare College, Cambridge.<ref>''Wisden'' 1961, p. 324.</ref> An off-spin bowler, he played for Cambridge University and Essex from 1958 to 1960.<ref name="Cricinfo">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/14320.html |title= Alan Hurd |access-date=19 July 2013 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> His best innings and match figures came in his first match for Essex, when he took 6 for 15 and 4 for 62 in a victory over Kent.<ref>{{cite web|title=Essex v Kent 1958 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/23/23131.html|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=14 June 2016}}</ref>
After his first-class cricket career he taught English at Sevenoaks School. He also coached the school cricket team. He retired as Head of English and Senior Master in January 1997.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alan Hurd 1937-2016|url=https://www.sevenoaksschool.org/news/article/news/alan-hurd-1937-2016/?tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&cHash=82e0d004b65b78b9b5b5eed56e8af415|website=Sevenoaks School|access-date=14 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920113158/https://www.sevenoaksschool.org/news/article/news/alan-hurd-1937-2016/?tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&cHash=82e0d004b65b78b9b5b5eed56e8af415|archive-date=20 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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