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Andrew Joseph Murtagh (born 6 May 1949 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish born retired English cricketer. Murtagh was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. Murtagh represented Hampshire, making his first-class debut against Gloucestershire in 1973. That same season Murtagh made his one-day debut against local rivals Sussex. After the end of the 1973 County Championship Murtagh signed for Eastern Province in South Africa. He represented them in a single first-class match against Natal. Murtagh represented the club until 1977, with 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. Murtagh was more at home in the one-day form of the game. In his 48 one-day matches for Hampshire Murtagh took 23 wickets at an average of 19.73 with best figures of 5-33. Murtagh batted mostly in the lower-middle order, with one first-class fifty and one one-day fifty to his name: both scores of 65. His bowling in first-class cricket yielded 6 wickets at an average of 81.50. He has written two cricket biographies: ''A Remarkable Man: The Story of George Chesterton'' (2012) and ''Touched by Greatness: The Story of Tom Graveney, England's Much Loved Cricketer'' (2014). ==Family== His nephews Tim Murtagh and Chris Murtagh have both played first-class and List-A cricket – Tim for Surrey, Middlesex and Ireland, Chris for Surrey. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andy Murtagh」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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