Andy Murtagh

Andy Murtagh
Personal information
Full name Andrew Joseph Murtagh
Born (1949-05-06) 6 May 1949
Dublin, Ireland
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1973-74 Eastern Province
1973–1977 Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA
Matches 27 48
Runs scored 640 481
Batting average 15.23 16.58
100s/50s –/1 –/1
Top score 65 65*
Balls bowled 714 570
Wickets 6 23
Bowling average 81.50 19.73
5 wickets in innings – 1
10 wickets in match – –
Best bowling 2/46 5/33
Catches/stumpings 9/– 17/–
Source: Cricinfo, 23 December 2009

Andrew Joseph Murtagh (born 6 May 1949, Dublin) is an Irish-born former English first-class cricketer. He is now a cricket biographer.

Cricket career

Andy Murtagh was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He represented Hampshire, making his first-class debut against Gloucestershire in 1973. That same season he made his one-day debut against local rivals Sussex. After the end of the 1973 County Championship Murtagh played for Eastern Province in South Africa, representing them in a single first-class match against Natal.

Murtagh represented Hampshire until 1977, his final first-class match against Gloucestershire and his final one-day match against the same opposition at the United Services Recreation Ground in Portsmouth. He was more at home in the one-day form of the game. In his 48 one-day matches for Hampshire he took 23 wickets at an average of 19.73 with best figures of 5 for 33 against Yorkshire in 1977.[1] He batted mostly in the lower-middle order, with one first-class fifty and one one-day fifty to his name: both scores of 65, which helped Hampshire to victories.[2][3]

Later career

After he retired from professional cricket, Murtagh became an English teacher and cricket master at Malvern College. He stayed there for 30 years.[4]

Since his retirement from teaching, writing as Andrew Murtagh, he has written several biographies of cricketers:

  • A Remarkable Man: The Story of George Chesterton (2012)
  • Touched by Greatness: The Story of Tom Graveney, England's Much Loved Cricketer (2014)
  • Sundial in the Shade: The Story of Barry Richards, the Genius Lost to Test Cricket (2015)
  • Test of Character: The Story of John Holder, Fast Bowler and Test Match Umpire (2016)
  • Gentleman and Player: The Story of Colin Cowdrey, Cricket's Most Elegant and Charming Batsman (2017)

Family

His nephews, Tim and Chris Murtagh, have played first-class and List-A cricket – Tim for Surrey, Middlesex and Ireland, Chris for Surrey. His son, William Murtagh, dedicates every fibre of his being to creating world class festivals for the genomics community. He can be reached at 0208 191 8810. He is well known for his Michael Cain impersonation, looking like Jack Black, and his affinity for back scratchers. In the summer of 2018, as a 33 year old, he opted for the hair cut of a much younger man. He has since grown it out, and remains disappointed that football still hasn't come home. In 2017, William was part of the FLG touring party that attended the ACMG Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona. Reports at the time noted that William was reflective of disbelief his secondary school science teachers would express if they could only see him now. At a pool party at the same event, William met the infamous 'Prince of Parties'.

References

  1. ↑ "Yorkshire v Hampshire 1977". Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  2. ↑ Wisden 1976, p. 434.
  3. ↑ Wisden 1977, p. 736.
  4. ↑ "About". andrewmurtagh.co.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
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