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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alan_Oakman > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alan_Oakman.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Oakman > Source revision: 1348624045 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|English cricketer and umpire (1930–2018)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Alan Oakman | image = | caption = | fullname = Alan Stanley Myles Oakman | birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|4|20|df=yes}} | birth_place = [Hastings](/source/Hastings), England{{cite book |title=If The Cap Fits |last=Bateman |first=Colin |year=1993 |publisher=Tony Williams Publications |isbn=978-1-869833-21-3 |page=[https://archive.org/details/ifcapfits0000unse/page/128 128] |url=https://archive.org/details/ifcapfits0000unse/page/128 }} | death_date = {{death date and age|2018|9|6|1930|4|20|df=yes}} | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm offbreak | role = [All-rounder](/source/All-rounder) | international = true | country = England | testcap = 383 | testdebutagainst = Australia | testdebutdate = 12 July | testdebutyear = 1956 | lasttestdate = 26 July | lasttestagainst = Australia | lasttestyear = 1956 | club1 = [Sussex](/source/Sussex_County_Cricket_Club) | year1 = 1947–1968 | columns = 3 | column1 = [Test](/source/Test_cricket) | matches1 = 2 | runs1 = 14 | bat avg1 = 7.00 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 10 | deliveries1 = 48 | wickets1 = 0 | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1= 7/– | column2 = [FC](/source/First-class_cricket) | matches2 = 538 | runs2 = 21,800 | bat avg2 = 26.17 | 100s/50s2 = 22/101 | top score2 = 229* | deliveries2 = 48,481 | wickets2 = 736 | bowl avg2 = 27.63 | fivefor2 = 31 | tenfor2 = 2 | best bowling2 = 7/39 | catches/stumpings2= 594/– | column3 = [LA](/source/List_A_cricket) | matches3 = 17 | runs3 = 320 | bat avg3 = 21.33 | 100s/50s3 = 0/2 | top score3 = 57 | deliveries3 = 138 | wickets3 = 3 | bowl avg3 = 26.33 | fivefor3 = 0 | tenfor3 = 0 | best bowling3 = 2/28 | catches/stumpings3 = 6/– | umpire = true | odisumpired = 1 | umpodidebutyr = 1972 | source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/18248.html CricInfo | date = 5 September | year = 2013 }} '''Alan Stanley Myles Oakman''' (20 April 1930 – 6 September 2018) was an English [first-class cricket](/source/first-class_cricket)er.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/24593314/former-sussex-england-allrounder-alan-oakman-dies-aged-88 |title=Former Sussex and England allrounder Alan Oakman dies aged 88 |website=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=6 September 2018}} He had a long career for [Sussex](/source/Sussex_County_Cricket_Club), playing 538 first-class matches over a 21-year period, and played two [Test matches](/source/Test_cricket) for [England](/source/England_cricket_team). He also [umpired](/source/umpire_(cricket)) one [One Day International](/source/One_Day_International) after his retirement as a player.{{cite web|url=https://sussexcricket.co.uk/news/alan-oakman-1930-2018 |title=Alan Oakman 1930–2018 |website=Sussex County Cricket Club |accessdate=6 September 2018}} ==Life and career== A former [Welsh Guards](/source/Welsh_Guards)man, and a more than dependable county [all-rounder](/source/all-rounder), Oakman used his unusual height ({{height|ft=6|in=6}}) to gain bounce for his [off-spin](/source/off-spin)ners, and got well forward to drive while at the batting crease. He passed a thousand runs in a season on nine occasions, took 99 wickets in 1954 and his telescopic skill as a close fielder snared him five catches in [Jim Laker](/source/Jim_Laker)'s famous 19 wicket haul at [Old Trafford](/source/Old_Trafford_Cricket_Ground),{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22143.html|title=The Home of CricketArchive|website=Cricketarchive.com|accessdate=8 September 2018}} {{subscription required|date=September 2018}} and totalled 594 catches in his career. Although both his Test appearances in the home [Ashes](/source/The_Ashes) series of 1956 ended in victories, he was called upon for just eight [overs](/source/Over_(cricket)) at Old Trafford, whilst [Tony Lock](/source/Tony_Lock) and Laker bowled over 130 between them. He played a key role in the Old Trafford match taking five catches from Australia's two [innings](/source/innings).{{cite news |title=Former Sussex and England allrounder Alan Oakman dies aged 88 |url=http://www.espn.co.uk/cricket/story/_/id/24593314/former-sussex-england-allrounder-alan-oakman-dies-aged-88 |accessdate=7 September 2018 |work=ESPN.com |language=en}} England's wealth of off-spinners during this period which included Laker, [Illingworth](/source/Ray_Illingworth) and [Titmus](/source/Fred_Titmus), meant his international career was brief. A stalwart for Sussex for two decades from 1947 to 1968, his value to the team was belied by his comparatively modest [batting average](/source/batting_average_(cricket)), but he still stands eleventh in the list of all time run-scorers for his county. He took five wickets in an innings 31 times, with a best of 7 for 39 against Glamorgan in 1954 (10 for 58 in the match).{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21303.html|title=The Home of CricketArchive|website=Cricketarchive.com|accessdate=8 September 2018}} {{subscription required|date=September 2018}} He scored 22 centuries, with a highest score of 229 [not out](/source/not_out) against Nottinghamshire in 1961 (off 105 overs), a season in which he made his highest tally of 2307 runs.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/24/24931.html|title=The Home of CricketArchive|website=Cricketarchive.com|accessdate=8 September 2018}} {{subscription required|date=September 2018}} Oakman became coach of [Warwickshire](/source/Warwickshire_County_Cricket_Club) in 1970 and led them to the [County Championship](/source/County_Championship) title [in 1972](/source/1972_County_Championship). After this he moved away from the pitch, becoming the club's Assistant Secretary for Cricket Administration. Oakman turned to umpiring for a brief spell after retiring, replacing [Arthur Fagg](/source/Arthur_Fagg) for one over at the 1973 [Edgbaston Test](/source/Edgbaston_Cricket_Ground) when Fagg staged a protest at the [West Indies](/source/West_Indies_cricket_team) attitude in the field, but then became Warwickshire's [coach](/source/Coach_(sports)) between 1970 and 1987. Oakman continued to play cricket until almost seventy, making appearances for Warwickshire's Over-50s side and inspiring the founding of the Sussex Cricket Society.{{cite web|url=http://scs.councilcricketsocieties.com/|title=Sussex Cricket Society|website=Scs.councilcricketsocieties.com|accessdate=8 September 2018}} When Oakman died on 6 September 2018, as a mark of respect the Sussex flag was flown at half mast for their championship game against [Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire_County_Cricket_Club) at the [County Cricket Ground, Hove](/source/County_Cricket_Ground%2C_Hove).{{cite news |title=Former Sussex cricket star Alan Oakman dies, 88 |url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/16692933.former-sussex-cricket-star-alan-oakman-dies-88/ |accessdate=7 September 2018 |work=The Argus |language=en}} ==See also== * [List of One Day International cricket umpires](/source/List_of_One_Day_International_cricket_umpires) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{cricinfo|id=18248}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Oakman, Alan}} Category:1930 births Category:2018 deaths Category:English cricketers Category:England Test cricketers Category:English cricket coaches Category:Sussex cricketers Category:Combined Services cricketers Category:Commonwealth XI cricketers Category:International Cavaliers cricketers Category:Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Category:Players cricketers Category:English One Day International cricket umpires Category:People educated at Hastings Grammar School Category:North v South cricketers Category:A. E. R. Gilligan's XI cricketers Category:Cricketers from Hastings Category:E. W. Swanton's XI cricketers Category:20th-century English sportsmen {{England-cricket-bio-1930s-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Alan Oakman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Oakman) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Oakman?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.