Alan Garofall

Who is Alan Garofall?

Alan Robert Garofall is a former English cricketer. Garofall was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey.

Garofall made his first-class debut for Oxford University against Middlesex in 1966. He made 26 further first-class appearances for the university, the last of which came against Cambridge University in 1968. In his 27 first-class appearances, he scored 843 runs at an average of 18.73, with a high score of 99. His highest score came against Warwickshire in 1967. While at Oxford he also played a single first-class match for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities team against the touring Australians in 1968. As well as getting an Oxford Blue in cricket, he also got one in football while studying there.

Garofall made his debut for Hertfordshire in the 1970 Minor Counties Championship against Bedfordshire. He played Minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire from 1970 to 1997, making 166 appearances and 17 MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances. He made his List A debut against Surrey in the 1971 Gillette Cup. He made eleven further List A appearances for the county, the last of which came against Nottinghamshire in the 1989 NatWest Trophy. In his twelve List A matches, he scored 67 runs at an average of 6.70, with a high score of 26. With the ball, he took 12 wickets at a bowling average of 27.08, with best figures of 3/28.