Alan Edward Wyatt (4 April 1935 – 11 July 2024) was an Australian

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er. He played twenty first-class matches for

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between 1956–57 and 1958–59. Wyatt was an opening bowler and tail-end batsman who played three seasons for New South Wales. In their last match of the 1956–57

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, he helped New South Wales avoid defeat against

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by making 40 at number 10 in New South Wales'

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after taking 5 for 100 in Victoria's first innings. The draw enabled New South Wales to retain the Shield; a loss would have given the Shield to

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. Wyatt's best bowling figures were 5 for 36 and 2 for 41 in the victory over

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in 1957–58; he made 32 in the New South Wales first innings, adding 61 for the last wicket with

Jim O'Regan James O'Regan (14 December 1901 – October 1982) was an Irish people, Irish Hurling, hurler and Gaelic footballer who played as centre-back for the Cork GAA, Cork and Dublin GAA, Dublin senior teams, as well as the Offaly GAA, Offaly junior t ...

. Wyatt played for Western Suburbs in Sydney. He was inducted into the club's Hall of Fame in 2011. He died in July 2024, at the age of 89.

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