Albert Wallis ("Allie") Lampard (3 July 1885 – 11 January 1984) was an
Australian cricket
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er active from 1908 to 1922 who played for
Victoria and the
Australian Imperial Force Touring XI
When the First World War ended in November 1918, thousands of Australian servicemen were in Europe as members of the First Australian Imperial Force (AIF) and many remained until the spring of 1919. In England, a new first-class cricket seas ...
. He was born in
Richmond, Melbourne and died in
Armadale, Victoria. He appeared in 63
first-class matches
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as a right-handed
batsman who
bowled right arm
leg break
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and
googly. A genuine
all rounder, he scored 2,597
runs with a highest score of 132 among three
centuries and took 134
wickets with a best performance of nine for 42.
Allie Lampard at ''CricketArchive''
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See also
* List of Victoria first-class cricketers
References
External links
*
1885 births
1984 deaths
Australian cricketers
Australian Imperial Force Touring XI cricketers
Victoria cricketers
Cricketers from Melbourne
People from Richmond, Victoria
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