Maurice Hallam
Encyclopedia
Maurice Raymond Hallam was an English first class cricketer for Leicestershire County Cricket Club
. He was a right-handed opening batsman
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....
. He was a right-handed opening batsman
Records
- A good slips fielder, Hallam took 56 catches in 1961 which remains a record for most catches in a season for Leicestershirehttp://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/England/Firstclass/Leicestershire/Fielding_Records/Most_Catches_Season_For.html.
- He scored in century in each innings of a match on 3 occasions, the most ever for the countyhttp://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/England/Firstclass/Leicestershire/Batting_Records/Hundred_In_Each_Innings_For.html.
- Only one of 4 Leicestershire batsman to make more than 2000 runs in a season, scoring 2096 in 1961http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/England/Firstclass/Leicestershire/Batting_Records/Most_Season_Runs.html.
- His 23662 runs is second only to Les Berry for most ever runs for Leicestershire