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Andrew Corran
Personal information
Full name
Andrew John Corran
Born(1936-11-25)25 November 1936
Norwich, Norfolk, England
Died27 October 2024(2024-10-27) (aged 87)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1955–1960Norfolk
1958–1960Cambridge University
1961–1965Nottinghamshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 132 3
Runs scored 2,476 27
Batting average 16.28 13.50
100s/50s 0/4 0/0
Top score 75 15
Balls bowled 23,883 234
Wickets 410 6
Bowling average 25.74 17.50
5 wickets in innings 21 0
10 wickets in match 1 0
Best bowling 7/45 4/35
Catches/stumpings 77/– 1/–
Source: CricketArchive, 5 August 2020

Andrew John Corran (25 November 1936 – 27 October 2024) was an English first-class cricketer and schoolmaster.

After starting his career at Gresham's School, Holt (where he was also a good hockey player), at Trinity College, Oxford (where he was a cricket blue in all three of his seasons), and in Minor Counties cricket for Norfolk, Corran moved to Nottinghamshire, for whom he played between 1961 and 1965. He was the club's captain in the 1962 season, when he made 620 runs and took 64 wickets in the County Championship, but Nottinghamshire finished 15th.[1] In the 1965 County Championship he took 109 wickets at an average of 20.30.[2]

In the 1960 Oxford and Cambridge match, Corran took 12 wickets for 116 runs.[3] Earlier in the season he had taken 7 for 45, bowling unchanged through the innings, to dismiss Lancashire for 103.[4] Also in 1960, he played for the Gentlemen in the Gentlemen v Players match at Lord's.

A schoolmaster, Corran took a job in Australia in late 1965 and ended his first-class cricket career. From 1968 until his retirement he taught mathematics and cricket at Cranleigh School in Surrey.[5]

Corran and his wife Gay, an artist, had five children. He died on 27 October 2024, at the age of 87.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Wisden 1963, pp. 556–558.
  2. ^ Wisden 1966, p. 519.
  3. ^ "Oxford University v Cambridge University 1960". Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Oxford University v Lancashire 1960". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Andrew Corran". Notts CCC. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Andrew Corran". The Times. 1 November 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Nottinghamshire County cricket captain
1962
Succeeded by