Pat Brain
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John Henry Patrick 'Pat' Brain (17 March 1896 - 11 December 1945) was a Welsh
cricket
er. Brain was a right-handed batsman who played primarily as a wicketkeeper. He was born at Caerau
, Glamorgan
.
Brain made his debut for Glamorgan
in the 1920 Minor Counties Championship against Devon
. He represeted the county in 3 further Minor Counties fixtures in 1920. Following Glamorgan's elevation to first-class status
, he represented the club in 6 matches between 1921 and 1928, making his debut against Derbyshire
and playing his final first-class match for the county in 1928 against Oxford University
. In his 7 first-class matches he scored 86 runs at a batting average
of 8.60 and a high score of 19*
. Behind the stumps he took 3 catches and made 2 stumpings.
Brain also made a single first-class appearance for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities
team against Glamorgan in 1922 at Cardiff Arms Park
.
Outside of playing cricket, Jenkins worked for the family brewery, Brains Brewery
. In the 1920s he served on Glamorgan's committee. He was also a keen hunter and owned several successful racehorses. Brain died at Dinas Powis, Glamorgan
on December 11, 1945.
, brother Michael
and uncle Joseph all played first-class cricket.
Welsh people
The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...
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. Brain was a right-handed batsman who played primarily as a wicketkeeper. He was born at Caerau
Caerau, Cardiff
Caerau is a community in the west of Cardiff, capital city of Wales. Heol Trelai is the main road or avenue which is very much lined with large trees and shrubbery. Dominated mostly by council housing, it has the Western Leisure Centre, supermarkets, schools, churches and an Ely Police Station...
, Glamorgan
Glamorgan
Glamorgan or Glamorganshire is one of the thirteen historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales. It was originally an early medieval kingdom of varying boundaries known as Glywysing until taken over by the Normans as a lordship. Glamorgan is latterly represented by the three...
.
Brain made his debut for Glamorgan
Glamorgan County Cricket Club
Glamorgan County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County...
in the 1920 Minor Counties Championship 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....
. He represeted the county in 3 further Minor Counties fixtures in 1920. Following Glamorgan's elevation to first-class status
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...
, he represented the club in 6 matches between 1921 and 1928, making his debut against 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...
and playing his final first-class match for the county in 1928 against Oxford University
Oxford University Cricket Club
Oxford University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team, representing the University of Oxford. It plays its home games at the University Parks in Oxford, England...
. In his 7 first-class matches he scored 86 runs at a batting average
Batting average
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...
of 8.60 and a high score of 19*
Not out
In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
. Behind the stumps he took 3 catches and made 2 stumpings.
Brain also made a single first-class appearance for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities
British Universities cricket team
The British Universities cricket team is a cricket team whose players are drawn from university sides primarily in Great Britain as the name suggests, but not exclusively those of Oxford and Cambridge. The team played under the title of Combined Universities until 1995.Combined Universities' first...
team against Glamorgan in 1922 at Cardiff Arms Park
Cardiff Arms Park
Cardiff Arms Park , also known as The Arms Park, is primarily known as a rugby union stadium, but it also has a bowling green, and is situated in the centre of Cardiff, Wales. The Arms Park was host to the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1958, and hosted four games in the 1991 Rugby World...
.
Outside of playing cricket, Jenkins worked for the family brewery, Brains Brewery
Brains Brewery
Brains is a regional brewery founded in 1882 in Cardiff, Wales by Samuel Arthur Brain. The company owns over 250 pubs across South Wales, Mid Wales, the West Country and particularly in Cardiff...
. In the 1920s he served on Glamorgan's committee. He was also a keen hunter and owned several successful racehorses. Brain died at Dinas Powis, Glamorgan
Glamorgan
Glamorgan or Glamorganshire is one of the thirteen historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales. It was originally an early medieval kingdom of varying boundaries known as Glywysing until taken over by the Normans as a lordship. Glamorgan is latterly represented by the three...
on December 11, 1945.
Family
His father WilliamWilliam Brain
William Henry Brain was an English cricketer and footballer: a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who played for Gloucestershire, Oxford University and MCC in the early 1890s; as well as keeping goal for Headington United...
, brother Michael
Michael Brain
Michael Benjamin Brain was a Welsh cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who played for Glamorgan...
and uncle Joseph all played first-class cricket.
External links
- Pat Brain at CricinfoCricinfoESPNcricinfo is believed to be the largest cricket-related website on the World Wide Web. Content includes news,articles, live scorecards,live text commentary and a comprehensive and searchable database called 'StatsGuru', of historical matches and players from the 18th century to the present...
- Pat Brain at CricketArchiveCricketArchiveCricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...