Brian Humphrey White is a former English

English people

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 cricket

Cricket

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er. White was a left-handed batsman. He was born at Salisbury

Salisbury

Salisbury is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England and the only city in the county. It is the second largest settlement in the county...

, Wiltshire

Wiltshire

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White made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Wiltshire

Wiltshire County Cricket Club

Wiltshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Wiltshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy....

 in 1964 against Dorset

Dorset County Cricket Club

Dorset County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Dorset and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...

. From 1964 to 1991, he represented the county in 162 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came against Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club

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. White also represented Wiltshire in the MCCA Knockout Trophy

MCCA Knockout Trophy

The Minor Counties Cricket Association Knockout Cup was started in 1983 as a knockout one-day competition for the Minor Counties in English cricket...

 making his debut in that competition against Shropshire

Shropshire County Cricket Club

Shropshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Shropshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...

. From 1983 to 1991, he represented the county in 13 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Devon

Devon County Cricket Club

Devon County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Devon and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy....

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White also represented Wiltshire in List-A cricket. His List-A debut came against Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire, and the current county champions. Its limited overs team is called the Nottinghamshire Outlaws...

 in the 1965 Gillette Cup

1965 Gillette Cup

The 1965 Gillette Cup was the third Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 23 April and 4 September 1965. The tournament was won by Yorkshire, following Geoff Boycott's 146 runs in the final at Lord's...

. From 1965 to 1991, he represented the county in 9 List-A matches, the last of which came against Surrey

Surrey County Cricket Club

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 in the 1990 NatWest Trophy

1990 NatWest Trophy

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. He also played 8 List-A matches for Minor Counties South in the Benson and Hedges Cup between 1972 and 1974. In his combined 15 List-A matches, he scored 133 runs at a batting average

Batting average

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 of 8.86 and a high score of 29.

External links

• Brian White at Cricinfo
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• Brian White at CricketArchive
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