Alan Turner (cricketer)
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| Full name | Alan Turner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 July 1950 Camperdown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Fitter-an | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 273) | 10 July 1975 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 25 February 1977 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 30) | 7 June 1975 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 20 December 1975 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1968/69–1977/78 | New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alan Turner (born 23 July 1950) is a former Australian cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman who played for New South Wales from 1968 until retirement in 1978. He scored over 5,700 runs as a stocky opener with a practised cut shot, though he was not able to prove his abilities at best at international level. He played in fourteen Test matches and six One Day Internationals from 1975 to 1977. On the back of his several good Sheffield Shield seasons he was selected for Australian tours of England and New Zealand. He scored a single Test century against the touring West Indian side in 1975–76. The cricket writer Peter Hanlon described Turner as "an ordinary man in the company of Gods." He was a part of the Australian squad which finished as runners-up at the 1975 Cricket World Cup.
His nickname was "Fitter-an'", as in "fitter and turner".