Alan Russell Hounsell (born 8 February 1947) is a New Zealand former

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er. He played first-class and

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between 1968 and 1977. An opening bowler, Hounsell played several years of representative under-age cricket before progressing to Canterbury's senior team. For Canterbury Under-23s against Northern Districts Under-23s in February 1969, he took 7 for 19 off 12 overs. His most successful first-class season was 1971-72, when he took 18 wickets at an average of 20.88, and took his best figures of 5 for 50 for Canterbury against Wellington. Hounsell went into the insurance industry, where his success in sales and marketing, on top of his experience in cricket as a player, coach and selector, led Table Tennis New Zealand to select him in 1996 as the first chairman of its board.

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