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 batsman.

Early life

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

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, with the family moving to Retford in 1949 when Hall was 14. He started his cricketing career in the First 11 for the Grammar School. His father

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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

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. 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

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Personal life

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

References

External links

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