Alan John Hughes (born 4 April 1951 in Dublin, Republic of Ireland)Cricket Archive profile
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. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he played five times for the Ireland cricket team between 1979 and 1982CricketEurope Stats Zone profile
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match.List A matches played by Alan Hughes at Cricket Archive
/ref> He made his debut for Ireland against Worcestershire in August 1979. He took 4/95 in the Worcestershire first

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, his best bowling performance for Ireland. He played his only List A match the following year against Middlesex at

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. He played three more times for Ireland; against Canada in June 1981, against India in May 1982 and against the MCC in June 1982. He scored his only

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for Ireland in the match against Canada. In all matches for Ireland, he took nine wickets at an average of 26.56. His cousin

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also represented Ireland at

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. Hughes was president of Malahide Cricket Club and oversaw the club's hosting of its first

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between Ireland and England in 2013.

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1951 births Living people Cricketers from Dublin (city) Irish cricketers {{Ireland-cricket-bio-stub