Andy Murtagh Cricketer

Andrew Joseph Murtagh 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 on the one-day form of the game. In his 48 one-day matches for Hampshire Murtagh took 23 wickets