Alan Samuel Jeffrey (born 18 October 1963 in Derry, Northern Ireland)^[1] is an Irish former cricketer. A left-handed batsman and left-arm medium pace bowler,^[1] he played eleven times for the Ireland cricket team between 1984 and 1989^[2] including one first-class match^[3] and three List A matches.^[4] October 18 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years). ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ... A cricketer is a term used to refer to a person who plays cricket. ... Warwickshire batsman Mike Powell A batsman in the sport of cricket is, depending on context: Any player in the act of batting. ... Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. ... Muttiah Muralitharan bowling A bowler in the sport of cricket is usually a player whose speciality is bowling, analogous to a pitcher in baseball. ... The Ireland cricket team is the cricket team representing all Ireland (i. ... First-class cricket matches are those between international teams or the highest standard of domestic teams in which teams have two innings each. ... List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket. ...

Playing career

Jeffrey made his debut for Ireland against the MCC in June 1984. He played against the West Indies later that month^[2] and made his List A debut the following month against Surrey in the NatWest Trophy.^[4] He played against Wales eleven days later, but did not play for Ireland again for almost three years.^[2] Lords 2005 The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), founded in 1787, is a private members club and was the original governing body of cricket in England and across the world. ... Learie Constantine, was one of the first great West Indian players. ... Surrey County Cricket Club (SCCC) is an English first-class cricket team, based at The Oval cricket ground in south London. ... The Friends Provident Trophy is a one day cricket competition in the United Kingdom. ... The Welsh cricket team has appeared on a number of occasions. ...

He returned to the Irish side for a match against Northamptonshire in June 1987, before playing six times in 1989.^[2] This included his only first-class game, against Scotland^[3] and his final List A game against Derbyshire.^[4] His final game for Ireland was against Wales.^[2] Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. ... Cricket Scotland The Scottish cricket team represents Scotland in the game of cricket. ... Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire. ...

Statistics

In all matches for Ireland, he scored 91 runs at an average of 22.75 with a top score of 28 against Wales in July 1984. He took 15 wickets at an average of 39.73, with best innings bowling figures of 3/22 against Scotland in July 1989.^[2] In the sport of cricket, a run is the basic unit of scoring. ... Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively. ... M*A*S*H, see Sticky Wicket (M*A*S*H episode). ... Bowling average is a statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the sport of cricket. ... An innings, or inning, is a fixed-length segment of a game in any of a variety of sports – most notably baseball and cricket – during which one team attempts to score while the other team attempts to prevent the first from scoring. ...

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