Jim Brailsford
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Jim Brailsford was an English
cricket
er. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Derbyshire
.
He represented Derbyshire in first-class cricket during the 1958 season, having represented the team in the Minor Counties league since 1956. Making his debut against Sussex
in August 1958, he underperformed with the bat from an opening batting position. He made two more first-class appearances before being dropped from the team, and he never appeared again for the Derbyshire team.
Eight years later, he made two appearances for Derbyshire in the Second XI Championship, and made his final cricketing appearance in 1968. He was dropped to a middle-order batting role during this time, with the emergence of the young opening batsman Ashley Harvey-Walker
.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
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He represented Derbyshire in first-class cricket during the 1958 season, having represented the team in the Minor Counties league since 1956. Making his debut against Sussex
Sussex County Cricket Club
Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...
in August 1958, he underperformed with the bat from an opening batting position. He made two more first-class appearances before being dropped from the team, and he never appeared again for the Derbyshire team.
Eight years later, he made two appearances for Derbyshire in the Second XI Championship, and made his final cricketing appearance in 1968. He was dropped to a middle-order batting role during this time, with the emergence of the young opening batsman Ashley Harvey-Walker
Ashley Harvey-Walker
Ashley John Harvey-Walker was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire from 1971 to 1978. He was shot dead in a Johannesburg bar.- Hundred on Debut :...
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External links
- Jim Brailsford at Cricket Archive