Maurice Hallam

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

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 https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/England/Firstclass/Leicestershire/Fielding_Records/Most_Catches_Season_For.html.
• He scored a century in each innings of a match on 3 occasions, the most ever for the county https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/England/Firstclass/Leicestershire/Batting_Records/Hundred_In_Each_Innings_For.html.
• He is one of only four Leicestershire batsmen to make more than 2000 runs in a season, scoring 2096 in 1961 https://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.

External links

• Maurice Hallam at Cricket Archive