Michael John Hall (29 May 1935 – 10 August 2019), known as 'Mike', was an English

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er. Hall was a right-handed

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Early life

Hall was the son of JB and Mary Hall and was born in

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, with the family moving to

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in 1949 when Hall was 14. He started his cricketing career in the First 11 for the Grammar School. His father John Hall also played first-class cricket.

Cricketing career

Hall made his first-class debut for

against

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in the 1958 County Championship at the Garrison A Cricket Ground, Colchester, with him making a further eight first-class appearances in that season. The following season he made eight further first-class appearances for Nottinghamshire, the last of which came against

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in the

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. In his total of seventeen first-class appearances, Hall scored a total of 430 runs at an

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of 14.82, with a high score of 72. This score, one of two half centuries he made, came against

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in 1959, while his other half century, a score of 53, came against

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in 1958. Hall had a long association with Retford cricket club and also played for Bassetlaw League and Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club second team. During this time he coached a young Derek Randall. In 1992 he received lifetime membership at Retford Cricket Club in recognition of his services to the club, which was presented to him by umpire Harold Dickie Bird.

Personal life

He married Mary in 1955 and had two sons - Chris and Nigel.

References

External links

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