Ian Hall (cricketer)
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Ian William Hall is a former English
cricket
er and professional footballer. He played cricket for Derbyshire
between 1959 and 1972, and played football for Derby County F.C.
from 1959 to 1962 and for Mansfield Town F.C.
from 1962 to 1968.
Hall was born at Sutton Scarsdale
, Derbyshire
. He first played cricket for Derbyshire in 1955 in a junior match and in the following years played occasionally for the second XI in the Minor Counties Championship. He was also an England Schoolboy and Youth international footballer.
Hall made his debut first-class appearance for Derbyshire in the 1959 season
, in a win against Middlesex
at Lord's when he made a duck
in his second innings. However later in the season he made his first century of 113 against Hampshire
and his an average for the season was just over 30. He also started playing football for Derby County in 1959. He became a regular opening batsman for Derbyshire throughout the early 1960s, keeping his regular opening batting partnership with John Eyre
and later with Peter Gibbs
. In 1962 he moved to play football for Mansfield Town.
Hall made his top score of 136 against Nottinghamshire
in the 1963 season
and scored 103 not out against Sussex
in the 1964 season
. In the 1965 season he scored a double century in one match against Kent
and in the 1966 season
made 102 against Oxford University
. In the 1967 football season, Hall severed an achilles tendon, which brought his full-time football career to an end after making over 200 Football League appearances. In the 1967 cricket season, he was down to ten matches and played only four times in the 1968 season
. In the 1969 season
he played ten matches again, but his average was down to 15.
Hall recovered to become a regular fixture for Derbyshire once again at the beginning of the 1970s and scored 107 against Middlesex. He scored no centuries in the 1971 season
but his average was up to 33. In the 1972 season, Hall averaged 35 in his eleven matches and scored 136 not out against Oxford University and 105 against Glamorgan
before he retired from first-class cricket being replaced in Derbyshire's upper order by Anthony Borrington
.
Hall was a right-handed opening batsman and played 483 innings in 270 first class matches with an average of 25.86 and a top score of 136 not out. He also played 43 innings in 45 one-day matches with an average of 16.13 and a top score of 61. As a bowler he took no first class wickets in 49 balls. Hall is still the youngest player to make a century for Derbyshire (19 yrs 226 dys). He is also the youngest player to make 1,000 runs in a season (1960) for Derbyshire (20 yrs 255 dys).
After his cricket career, Hall took a B.A. degree at Birmingham University
, He later achieved an M.A. at Loughborough University
and became a lecturer in sports science at Leicester Polytechnic. He continued to play part-time professional football for Tamworth
and Burton Albion until 1974. Hall was secretary of Scarborough Cricket Club. He later became a cricket/football commentator and summariser for BBC Radio Derby (1990–2004)
Ian Hall is the author of Cricket at Scarborough (1992),Journey Through a Season (1997),Voices of the Rams (2000) and The Legends of Derby County (2001), all published by Breedon Books Ltd.
England
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cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er and professional footballer. He played cricket for Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
between 1959 and 1972, and played football for Derby County F.C.
Derby County F.C.
Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...
from 1959 to 1962 and for Mansfield Town F.C.
Mansfield Town F.C.
Mansfield Town Football Club is an English football club from the former mining town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. The club was formed in 1897 as Mansfield Wesleyans and changed its name to Mansfield Wesley in 1906 before settling on Mansfield Town in 1910...
from 1962 to 1968.
Hall was born at Sutton Scarsdale
Sutton Scarsdale
Sutton Scarsdale is a very small village in Derbyshire, England. It is in the North East Derbyshire district. It is very close to the M1 motorway.The settlement is notable for a large, ruined former stately home called Sutton Scarsdale Hall....
, Derbyshire
Derbyshire
Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...
. He first played cricket for Derbyshire in 1955 in a junior match and in the following years played occasionally for the second XI in the Minor Counties Championship. He was also an England Schoolboy and Youth international footballer.
Hall made his debut first-class appearance for Derbyshire in the 1959 season
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1959
Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1959 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing eighty-eight years. It was their fifty-fifth season in the County Championship and they won thirteen matches to finish seventh in the County Championship.-1959 season:Derbyshire...
, in a win against Middlesex
Middlesex County Cricket Club
Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the...
at Lord's when he made a duck
Duck (cricket)
In the sport of cricket, a duck refers to a batsman's dismissal for a score of zero.-Origin of the term:The term is a shortening of the term "duck's egg", the latter being used long before Test cricket began...
in his second innings. However later in the season he made his first century of 113 against Hampshire
Hampshire County Cricket Club
Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...
and his an average for the season was just over 30. He also started playing football for Derby County in 1959. He became a regular opening batsman for Derbyshire throughout the early 1960s, keeping his regular opening batting partnership with John Eyre
John Eyre (cricketer, born 1944)
John Richard Eyre is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire from 1963 to 1967.Eyre was born in Glossop. He started playing for Derbyshire juniors in 1959 and was in the Derbyshire Second XI by 1961...
and later with Peter Gibbs
Peter Gibbs (cricketer)
Peter John Keith Gibbs is an English television script writer, and a former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Oxford University from 1964 to 1966, and for Derbyshire from 1966 to 1972....
. In 1962 he moved to play football for Mansfield Town.
Hall made his top score of 136 against Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire, and the current county champions. Its limited overs team is called the Nottinghamshire Outlaws...
in the 1963 season
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1963
Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1963 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for ninety-two years. It was their fifty-ninth season in the County Championship and they won two championship matches and lost fourteen to finish seventeenth in the County...
and scored 103 not out against Sussex
Sussex County Cricket Club
Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...
in the 1964 season
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1964
Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1964 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for ninety three years. It was their sixtieth season in the County Championship and they won five matches to finish twelfth in the County Championship...
. In the 1965 season he scored a double century in one match against Kent
Kent County Cricket Club
Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...
and in the 1966 season
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1966
Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1966 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for ninety-five years. In the County Championship, they won eight matches to finish ninth in their sixty-second season in the Championship...
made 102 against Oxford University
Oxford University Cricket Club
Oxford University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team, representing the University of Oxford. It plays its home games at the University Parks in Oxford, England...
. In the 1967 football season, Hall severed an achilles tendon, which brought his full-time football career to an end after making over 200 Football League appearances. In the 1967 cricket season, he was down to ten matches and played only four times in the 1968 season
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1968
Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1968 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for ninety-seven years. In the County Championship, they won six matches to finish eighth in their sixty-fourth season in the Championship...
. In the 1969 season
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1969
Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1969 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for ninety-eight years. They were runners-up in the Gillette Cup. In the County Championship, they won three matches to finish sixteenth in their sixty-fifth season in the...
he played ten matches again, but his average was down to 15.
Hall recovered to become a regular fixture for Derbyshire once again at the beginning of the 1970s and scored 107 against Middlesex. He scored no centuries in the 1971 season
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1971
Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1971 was the centenary cricket season of the English club Derbyshire which had first played in 1871. In the County Championship, they won one match to finish seventeenth in their seventy-seventh season in the Championship. They won seven matches in the John...
but his average was up to 33. In the 1972 season, Hall averaged 35 in his eleven matches and scored 136 not out against Oxford University and 105 against Glamorgan
Glamorgan County Cricket Club
Glamorgan County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County...
before he retired from first-class cricket being replaced in Derbyshire's upper order by Anthony Borrington
Anthony Borrington
Anthony John Borrington is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1971 to 1981.Borrington was born at Spondon, Derbyshire. He began his career for Derbyshire in 1965 in the Derbyshire Second XI. His first-class debut came in the 1971 season...
.
Hall was a right-handed opening batsman and played 483 innings in 270 first class matches with an average of 25.86 and a top score of 136 not out. He also played 43 innings in 45 one-day matches with an average of 16.13 and a top score of 61. As a bowler he took no first class wickets in 49 balls. Hall is still the youngest player to make a century for Derbyshire (19 yrs 226 dys). He is also the youngest player to make 1,000 runs in a season (1960) for Derbyshire (20 yrs 255 dys).
After his cricket career, Hall took a B.A. degree at Birmingham University
University of Birmingham
The University of Birmingham is a British Redbrick university located in the city of Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Birmingham Medical School and Mason Science College . Birmingham was the first Redbrick university to gain a charter and thus...
, He later achieved an M.A. at Loughborough University
Loughborough University
Loughborough University is a research based campus university located in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, in the East Midlands of England...
and became a lecturer in sports science at Leicester Polytechnic. He continued to play part-time professional football for Tamworth
Tamworth F.C.
Tamworth Football Club are an English semi-professional football club based in the town of Tamworth, Staffordshire. Nicknamed 'The Lambs', they are currently members of the Conference National, the fifth highest tier in the English league system....
and Burton Albion until 1974. Hall was secretary of Scarborough Cricket Club. He later became a cricket/football commentator and summariser for BBC Radio Derby (1990–2004)
Ian Hall is the author of Cricket at Scarborough (1992),Journey Through a Season (1997),Voices of the Rams (2000) and The Legends of Derby County (2001), all published by Breedon Books Ltd.