Alan Jack Barton Wright (3 March 1905 – 29 July 1989) was an English cricketer. Wright was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Semilong, Northamptonshire.
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Full name | Alan Jack Barton Wright | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1905-03-03)3 March 1905 Semilong, Northamptonshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 29 July 1989(1989-07-29) (aged 84) Catford, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Ronald Wright (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922–1923 | Northamptonshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 19 November 2011 |
Wright made two first-class appearances for Northamptonshire against Yorkshire in the 1922 County Championship and Nottinghamshire in the 1923 County Championship.[1] In the match against Yorkshire at the County Ground, Northampton, Wright scored a single run Northamptonshire's first-innings, before being dismissed by George Macaulay. In their second-innings he was dismissed for a duck by Wilfred Rhodes. Yorkshire won the match by ten wickets.[2] In the match against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge, he was dismissed for a duck in Northamptonshire's first-innings by Frank Matthews, while in their second-innings he scored 3 runs, before being dismissed by the same bowler.[3]
He died at Catford, London on 29 July 1989. His brother, Ronald Wright, also played first-class cricket for Northamptonshire.