Born 1939 Skipton Victoria -

Played for : Victoria, Middlesex and Australia

Alan Connolly was a right-arm fast medium bowler, tall in stature and powerfully built. He toured England twice in 1964 and 1968, due to a back injury in the first his second tour was his most successful against England taking 23 wickets at a cost of 25.69 runs.

Connolly played 29 times for Australia, touring India twice and South Africa once, where he was very successful in the last four Tests of the 1969/70 tour taking 20 wickets against a strong South African side. One interesting piece of history - he took his best bowling figures of 6 for 47 against South Africa at Port Elizabeth in what turned out to be the last time South Africa played a Test match for 22 years - for the record South Africa won by 323 runs.

He played for Middlesex for three years, but had to cut his association short due to a recurring back problem and returned home in 1970/1. By taking 330 wickets for Victoria, he was their leading wicket taker.