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Maurice Raymond Hallam (10 September 1931 — 1 January 2000) was an English first-class cricketer for Leicestershire. He was a right-handed opening batsman.

Maurice Hallam

Personal information
Full name	Maurice Raymond Hallam
Born	(1931-09-10)10 September 1931 Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Died	1 January 2000(2000-01-01) (aged 68) Leicester, Leicestershire
Batting	Right-handed
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 504 17 Runs scored 24,488 335 Batting average 28.84 19.70 100s/50s 32/122 1/– Top score 210* 106 Balls bowled 204 – Wickets 4 – Bowling average 35.50 – 5 wickets in innings – – 10 wickets in match – n/a Best bowling 1/12 – Catches/stumpings 452/– 5/–
Source: CricketArchive, 18 September 2013

Hallam made his first-class debut for Leicestershire in 1950 and played his last game in 1970. He captained the county in 1963, 1964, 1965 and 1968.

Records

• A good slips fielder, Hallam took 56 catches in 1961 which remains a record for most catches in a season for Leicestershire .
• He scored a century in each innings of a match on 3 occasions, the most ever for the county .
• He is one of only four Leicestershire batsmen to make more than 2000 runs in a season, scoring 2096 in 1961 .
• His 23662 runs is second only to Les Berry for most ever runs for Leicestershire.

External links

• Maurice Hallam at ESPNcricinfo
• Maurice Hallam at Cricket Archive

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