Ian Brayshaw
Encyclopedia
Ian James Brayshaw is a former cricketer
and Australian rules football
er.
Brayshaw played 101 first-class cricket
matches for Western Australia in the Sheffield Shield, taking 178 wickets at an average of 25.08 and scoring 4325 runs at 31.80. He is best remembered as being the seventh, but most recent, Australian cricketer to have taken all 10 wickets in a first-class innings, with 10 wickets for 44 runs from 17.6 eight-ball overs against Victoria in a Sheffield Shield match in October 1967.
Brayshaw also played Australian rules football for the Claremont Football Club
in the West Australian National Football League
, playing in their 1964 premiership team.
He later worked in the media with the ABC
and Channel Ten in Western Australia, as well as co-authoring sporting books. He was the expert commentator on ABC Radio when Trevor Chappell
bowled the infamous underarm ball during a one day match between Australia and New Zealand.
He is the father of James Brayshaw
, a former state cricketer with Western Australia and South Australia, media personality on Channel Nine and Chairman of the North Melbourne Australia Rules football club, and Mark Brayshaw
, a former Kangaroos
AFL footballer.
Brayshaw currently lives in Albany, Western Australia
.
Cricketer
A cricketer is a person who plays the sport of cricket. Official and long-established cricket publications prefer the traditional word "cricketer" over the rarely used term "cricket player"....
and Australian rules football
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
er.
Brayshaw played 101 first-class cricket
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...
matches for Western Australia in the Sheffield Shield, taking 178 wickets at an average of 25.08 and scoring 4325 runs at 31.80. He is best remembered as being the seventh, but most recent, Australian cricketer to have taken all 10 wickets in a first-class innings, with 10 wickets for 44 runs from 17.6 eight-ball overs against Victoria in a Sheffield Shield match in October 1967.
Brayshaw also played Australian rules football for the Claremont Football Club
Claremont Football Club
The Claremont Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is an Australian rules football club in the West Australian Football League . Its official colours are navy blue and gold....
in the West Australian National Football League
West Australian Football League
The West Australian Football League is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The WAFL is the second-most popular in the state, behind the nation-wide Australian Football League...
, playing in their 1964 premiership team.
He later worked in the media with the ABC
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
and Channel Ten in Western Australia, as well as co-authoring sporting books. He was the expert commentator on ABC Radio when Trevor Chappell
Trevor Chappell
Trevor Martin Chappell is a former Australian cricketer, a member of the South Australian Chappell family which excelled at cricket...
bowled the infamous underarm ball during a one day match between Australia and New Zealand.
He is the father of James Brayshaw
James Brayshaw
James Antony Brayshaw is a former state cricketer and now Australian television and radio personality. As a cricketer he was known as Jamie Brayshaw. He is the son of former Western Australian cricketer and Australian rules footballer Ian Brayshaw, and the brother of Mark Brayshaw, a former...
, a former state cricketer with Western Australia and South Australia, media personality on Channel Nine and Chairman of the North Melbourne Australia Rules football club, and Mark Brayshaw
Mark Brayshaw
Mark Brayshaw is a former Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne Football Club in the AFL. He is the brother of James Brayshaw and the son of Ian Brayshaw.-Playing career:...
, a former Kangaroos
Kangaroos Football Club
The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world...
AFL footballer.
Brayshaw currently lives in Albany, Western Australia
Albany, Western Australia
Albany is a port city in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, some 418 km SE of Perth, the state capital. As of 2009, Albany's population was estimated at 33,600, making it the 6th-largest city in the state....
.