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- Bill_Alley abstract "William (Bill) Edward Alley (3 February 1919 in Sydney, Australia – 26 November 2004 in Taunton, Somerset, England) was a cricketer who played 400 first-class matches for New South Wales, Somerset and a Commonwealth XI.Whilst in Australia, Alley was also a middleweight boxer, and was undefeated in 28 contests when he was forced to give it up after being hit on the head in the nets at cricket practice. His cricket career was interrupted and delayed both by his boxing career, and by World War Two, which saw first class cricket matches cancelled for 6 years.He was tipped to play Tests by Don Bradman, the Australian cricket captain, but missed out after fracturing a jaw. This prompted him to leave New South Wales and come to Lancashire, England, playing league cricket there for Colne Cricket Club for five years from 1948, becoming the only player to score 1000 runs in each of five consecutive seasons in the league's history.This 5-year spell at Colne fulfilled the requirement at that time that any foreign player coming to England had to reside in England for 5 years before he could play first class cricket in England.That 5-year period represented yet another disruption to his first class career. From Colne he moved to play for Blackpool CC in the newly established Northern League where he scored 19 centuries,.As the professional for Blackpool, he was able to earn more money than any first class cricketer anywhere in the world.Each League side in Lancashire was permitted to pay only one professional. During the 1950s and early 1960s, in the summer at any one time there were more than 150,000 holidaymakers in Blackpool, and there were very large crowds indeed paying at the turnstiles of Blackpool Cricket Club.Every season, moreover, the Blackpool pro was given a benefit match.Playing only 2 days a week would also have given the pro the opportunity to take a second job if he had so wanted, including playing for a Minor County or a first class County Second Eleven.Alley was eventually tempted into joining Somerset CCC in 1957, when he was 38, since they offered a 3-year contract, while Blackpool could not commit to a 3-year contract.Illustrating the value of the Blackpool job, Alley was succeeded as Blackpool's pro by many of the all-time greats of the game. These included Sir Conrad Hunte, who opened for West Indies and a World XI, was number one in the world for a few years, and after 56 years still shares with Sobers the record for the biggest stand in cricket history, in excess of 600 runs, made during a Test Match against Pakistan in 1958/59.Next at Blackpool was India's captain and best batsman Pankaj Roy. Later there followed Hanif Mohammad, number one in the world for several years. Opener and captain of Pakistan, and opener for the World XI, he was holder for 35 years of the world record first class innings, amounting to 499, in addition to being holder of the record for the longest ever Test innings, 331, when he batted more than 16 hours. Both of these records were established the year before he joined Blackpool. Following Hanif as Blackpool pro came Rohan Kanhai, himself the world's number one for quite a few years, both before and after playing for Blackpool, while he was also opener and captain of West Indies. He too was opener for a World XI.Alley played 350 first-class games for Somerset, the last one being when he was 49.After stopping playing, he umpired first-class games for 16 years and also stood in 10 Test matches and 9 One Day Internationals as umpire. He so loved the West Country area of England that he chose to remain there after retirement rather than move back to his native Australia.Alley was married to Betty, whom he met when playing cricket in the north of England, and they had two sons. His first wife died in childbirth; they had a son, who died in an Army accident.".
- Bill_Alley birthDate "1919-02-03".
- Bill_Alley birthPlace Australia.
- Bill_Alley birthPlace Hornsby,_New_South_Wales.
- Bill_Alley birthPlace Sydney.
- Bill_Alley country Australia.
- Bill_Alley deathDate "2004-11-24".
- Bill_Alley deathPlace England.
- Bill_Alley deathPlace Somerset.
- Bill_Alley deathPlace Taunton.
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- Bill_Alley wikiPageWikiLinkText "Bill Alley".
- Bill_Alley wikiPageWikiLinkText "W.E. Alley".
- Bill_Alley wikiPageWikiLinkText "WE Alley".
- Bill_Alley 50s "0".
- Bill_Alley 50s "31".
- Bill_Alley batAvg "19.2".
- Bill_Alley batAvg "31.88".
- Bill_Alley batting "Left-handed batsman".
- Bill_Alley bestBowling "4".
- Bill_Alley bestBowling "8".
- Bill_Alley birthDate "1919-02-03".
- Bill_Alley birthPlace Australia.
- Bill_Alley birthPlace Hornsby,_New_South_Wales.
- Bill_Alley birthPlace Sydney.
- Bill_Alley bowlAvg "16.2".
- Bill_Alley bowlAvg "22.68".
- Bill_Alley bowling "Right-arm medium-fast".
- Bill_Alley stumpings "293".
- Bill_Alley stumpings "4".
- Bill_Alley club New_South_Wales_cricket_team.
- Bill_Alley club Somerset_County_Cricket_Club.
- Bill_Alley column First-class_cricket.
- Bill_Alley column List_A_cricket.
- Bill_Alley columns "2".
- Bill_Alley country "Australia".
- Bill_Alley date "--10-30".
- Bill_Alley deathDate "2004-11-24".
- Bill_Alley deathPlace England.
- Bill_Alley deathPlace Somerset.
- Bill_Alley deathPlace Taunton.
- Bill_Alley debutagainst Glamorgan_County_Cricket_Club.
- Bill_Alley debutagainst Queensland_cricket_team.
- Bill_Alley debutdate "--05-22".
- Bill_Alley debutdate "--11-23".
- Bill_Alley debutfor "New South Wales".
- Bill_Alley debutfor "Somerset".
- Bill_Alley debutyear "1945".
- Bill_Alley debutyear "1963".
- Bill_Alley deliveries "1105".
- Bill_Alley deliveries "46034".