Geoffrey Alan Richards MBE (9 May 1922 – 27 December 2013) was a New Zealand cricketer and sports commentator.Alan Richards played five first-class matches for Auckland in 1955/56.
At the end of the season he began his radio career by describing New Zealand's first Test victory, at Eden Park against West Indies.
He became one of New Zealand's best-known radio sports commentators, covering four New Zealand cricket tours of England between 1973 and 1986, and receiving the MBE for services to sport in 1988.