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Alec Astle

b. 1949

New Zealand cricketer

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Born 1949. Alec Astle is a New Zealand cricketer.

Alec Morrison Astle (born 5 August 1949) is a former New Zealand cricketer, schoolteacher, cricket administrator and author.

Life and career Astle was born in Feilding. He is the father of Todd Astle. He played two first-class matches for the Central Districts in the 1978–79 season. He also played for Manawatu in the Hawke Cup.

Astle was a long-serving and influential staff member, cricket coach and Deputy Rector of Palmerston North Boys' High School, where he taught for 24 years. He then worked for Spark as a community sport manager.

He was awarded a master's degree in 1975 and a PhD from Massey University in 2015, writing his doctoral thesis on the importance of the grassroots level of cricket. He is the co-author of Sport Development in Action: Plan, Programme and Practice (2018), a textbook on the development of sport in communities and schools. With fellow Central Districts and Manawatū player Murray Brown, Astle wrote 125 Not Out, the official history of the Manawatū Cricket Association, in 2021. In 2026, Astle and Brown wrote and published The Challenges, a history of the Hawke Cup.

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Massey University
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Who is Alec Astle?

New Zealand cricketer

When was Alec Astle born?

Alec Astle was born on 5 August 1949 in Feilding.

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Alec Astle is a cricketer.

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Alec Astle is New Zealand.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Alec Astle

· Wikidata: Q4714070

· DBpedia: Alec Astle

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