Alan Griffiths (born 18 September 1957) is a former English

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er. Griffiths was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born in

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, Staffordshire. Griffiths made his debut for

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in the 1979

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against

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. Griffiths played Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire from 1979 to 1989, which included 88 Minor Counties Championship matches and 7 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. It was however for the Minor Counties cricket team that he made his

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debut for against

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in the

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. 1981 also saw Griffiths make his only first-class appearance for the Minor Counties against the touring

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(then still one year away from

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). He batted once in this match, scoring 26 runs before being dismissed by

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. He did however play 6 further List A matches for the team, the last coming against Hampshire in the 1985 Benson & Hedges Cup. In his 7 matches for the team, he scored 73 runs at an average of 14.60, with a high score of 17. Behind the

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he took 4

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and made a single

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. Humphries appeared in List A cricket for Staffordshire as well, making his first appearance for the county in that format against Gloucestershire in the 1984 NatWest Trophy. He made 4 further appearances in List A cricket for Staffordshire, playing his last match in that format against Surrey in the 1988 NatWest Trophy. In his 5 matches for the county, he scored 46 runs at an average of 9.20, with a high score of 33. Behind the stumps he took 5 catches and made 2 stumpings.

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