Full Name

Alan Geoffrey Fairfax

Born

June 16, 1906, Summer Hill, Sydney, New South Wales

Died

May 17, 1955, Kensington, London, England, (aged 48y 335d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Fast medium

Other

Coach

Wisden obituary
Alan Geoffrey Fairfax, who died in London on May 17, aged 48, played as an all-rounder in ten Test matches for Australia from 1929 to 1931. He had been in indifferent health following a serious injury received during the Second World War, after which he joined the staff of a London Sunday newspaper. Progressing through grade cricket, Fairfax reached Inter-State rank following an innings of 107 for New South Wales Colts against Queensland Colts in 1928-29 and he made his first appearance as a steady and somewhat restrained stroke-player for Australia in the fifth Test match against A. P. F. Chapman's team that season. In the first innings he scored 65, sharing in a stand of 183 with D. G. Bradman (123) which set up a record for the fifth Australian wicket. He visited England under W. M. Woodfull in 1930, taking part in four of the Test Matches. With 53 not out his best innings, he averaged 50 against England, and in all first class games during the tour scored 536 runs, average 25.52, and, with right-arm medium-pace bowling from a good height, took 41 wickets for 29.70 runs each. Next season in Australia he played in all five Test Matches against West Indies, being third in the batting averages with figures of 48.75 for six innings. He returned to England in 1932 as professional to Accrington in the Lancashire League and afterwards until the outbreak of War ran an indoor cricket school in London.
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack

Alan Fairfax Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50s6sCtSt
Tests101244106551.25041150
FC567610191010428.9319-410

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests10181520645214/316/13830.712.5472.3200
FC56-989737351346/54-27.872.2673.8-20
Alan Geoffrey Fairfax

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Test

Recent Matches of Alan Fairfax

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Gentlemen vs Players15 & 230/10211-Jul-1934The OvalFC
NSW vs Queensland51/21 & 2/2406-Nov-1931BrisbaneFC
Australia vs West Indies54 & 60*0/6027-Feb-1931SydneyTest # 208
Australia vs West Indies160/14 & 4/3113-Feb-1931MelbourneTest # 205
NSW vs Victoria46 & 122/68 & 0/1424-Jan-1931SydneyFC

Debut/Last Matches of Alan Fairfax

Photos of Alan Fairfax

The Australian 1930 Ashes tourists