- Alan Revill
Alan Revill (
March 27 ,1923 —July 6 ,1998 ) was an Englishcricket er. He was a right-handed batsman and an occasional right-arm off-break bowler. He was born inSheffield .Early career
Revill's career began at Derbyshire. he appeared in the non first class programme in 1945 before making his first class debut at
Ilford against Essex in May 1946, scoring 31 and 48. He finished the year with 616 runs and played regularly for the county till the end of the 1957 season. He passed 1000 runs nine times,(twice for Leicestershire) with a best of 1643 runs (35.71) in 1950.He hit sixteen centuries with a career-best 156 not out against Leicestershire in 1949.Joins Leicestershire
Revill, a fine close fielder, lost form in 1956 and after failing again to reach 1000 runs in 1957, he transferred to the weak Leicestershire Eleven where after two fair returns he dropped out of the team during 1960, playing last against Middlesex at
Lords scoring a duck.Later career
Revill played Second Eleven cricket in 1960 and 1962. From 1963 till 65, and again in 1968, he played for Berkshire, making an appearance in the 1965 Gillette Cup against Somerset.
Death
Revill died at the age of 75 in London. Revill's father, Thomas, played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1913 and 1920. In his obituary in the
Daily Telegraph , it was noted that he was a fine raconteur.External links
* [http://cricketarchive.com/Players/32/32314/32314.html Alan Revill] at Cricket Archive
* Wisden 1946, 1951, 1959
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