Alan Garofall

Alan Robert Garofall (born 1 June 1946) is a former English cricketer. Garofall was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace.

Garofall was born in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey. After attending Latymer Upper School in London, he went up to St Edmund Hall, Oxford. He 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 first-class matches he scored 843 runs at an average of 18.73, with a high score of 99 against Warwickshire in 1967. He also played a match for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities team against the touring Australians in 1968. 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.

He also played List A cricket for Minor Counties South, first appearing for the team in the 1972 Benson & Hedges Cup against Somerset. He made eight further List A appearances for the team, the last of which came against Somerset in the 1974 Benson & Hedges Cup. He scored 91 runs at an average of 10.11, with a high score of 38, and took six wickets at an average of 29.83, with best figures of 3/71.