Gerard Brophy
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Gerard Louis Brophy is a first-class cricket
er, presently contracted to Yorkshire
. He has also played for Ireland, Free State, Northamptonshire
and Transvaal in a well travelled career.
He was educated at Christian Brothers College, Boksburg, and made his first-class debut in the 1996/97 South African season. Standing relatively tall for a keeper at five feet eleven inches, he has taken 288 first-class catches and completed 21 stumpings. A right hand batsman, he has scored 5,387 runs at 32.25 with eight hundreds and a best of 185. He has played in 116 List A matches, scoring 2,032 runs at 26.73 with a top score of 93* and 52 Twenty20
games, making 701 runs at 19.47 with a best of 57*.
Although born in South Africa, he holds a British passport, and so is not considered an overseas player in the English first class game. He represented East Transvaal in that sport in 1991. He struggled with the bat in his first season with Yorkshire in 2006, and faced a fight for a first team place with Simon Guy
and Greg Wood. However, he prevailed, although Brophy now shares keeping duties for Yorkshire with Jonathan Bairstow
.
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
er, presently contracted to Yorkshire
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
. He has also played for Ireland, Free State, Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...
and Transvaal in a well travelled career.
He was educated at Christian Brothers College, Boksburg, and made his first-class debut in the 1996/97 South African season. Standing relatively tall for a keeper at five feet eleven inches, he has taken 288 first-class catches and completed 21 stumpings. A right hand batsman, he has scored 5,387 runs at 32.25 with eight hundreds and a best of 185. He has played in 116 List A matches, scoring 2,032 runs at 26.73 with a top score of 93* and 52 Twenty20
Twenty20
Twenty20 is a form of cricket, originally introduced in England for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board , in 2003. A Twenty20 game involves two teams, each has a single innings, batting for a maximum of 20 overs. Twenty20 cricket is also known as T20 cricket...
games, making 701 runs at 19.47 with a best of 57*.
Although born in South Africa, he holds a British passport, and so is not considered an overseas player in the English first class game. He represented East Transvaal in that sport in 1991. He struggled with the bat in his first season with Yorkshire in 2006, and faced a fight for a first team place with Simon Guy
Simon Guy
Simon Mark Guy is an English first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire until his release by the county in August 2009....
and Greg Wood. However, he prevailed, although Brophy now shares keeping duties for Yorkshire with Jonathan Bairstow
Jonathan Bairstow
Jonathan 'Jonny' Marc Bairstow is an English cricketer, who plays first-class cricket for Yorkshire. A right-hand batsman and wicket-keeper he is the son of former Yorkshire and England keeper David Bairstow....
.