Brian Crump

Brian Crump
Personal information
Full name Brian Stanley Crump
Born (1938-04-25) 25 April 1938
Chell, England
Nickname 'The Atomic Pill'
Batting style Right-hand
Bowling style Right-arm (Off break/Medium Pace)
Role All-rounder
International information
National side
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
196072 Northamptonshire
196163 Marylebone Cricket Club
195558 Staffordshire
Career statistics
Competition FC ListA
Matches 321 72
Runs scored 8789 691
Batting average 23.88 14.70
100s/50s 5/40 0/2
Top score 133* 74
Balls bowled 54533 3130
Wickets 814 87
Bowling average 24.77 20.00
5 wickets in innings 30 1
10 wickets in match 5
Best bowling 7/29 5/16
Catches/stumpings 144/ 11/
Source: Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians, 5 July 2009

Brian Stanley Crump (born 25 April 1938, in Chell, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England) is a former cricketer who played for Northamptonshire.

Family

Crump's father was Staffordshire Minor Counties cricketer Stanley Crump, while his cousins were David Steele (the former cricketer for Northamptonshire and England who won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award in 1975) and John Steele (former Leicestershire cricketer).

Career

Dubbed 'The Atomic Pill' by Essex players, Brian Crump was a pillar of the Northamptonshire side in the 1960s. Perhaps his finest cricketing moment came at Cardiff in August 1965. Northamptonshire and Glamorgan were both in strong contention for County Championship honours, and Keith Andrew's men secured a tense 18-run victory which, at the time, looked to have given them a decisive advantage in the title race. Crump took 8-142 from 76.3 overs in the game, conceding less than two runs an over, and was carried into the pavilion when the final Glamorgan wicket went down, having bowled unchanged in the second innings.

As a batsman, he managed five centuries—with a ten-year gap between the second and third—and made his best score of 133 not out against Warwickshire at Edgbaston in 1971.

He was released at the end of his benefit year, 1972, but was still trundling away in club and over-50's cricket the best part of three decades later. His influence has been continued to be felt through his encouragement of Northamptonshire's former off-spinner and fellow Staffordshire boy Jason Brown.[1]

Crump's family cricketing links include father Stanley Crump who represented Staffordshire between 1930 and 1960, son Neil Crump who represented Staffordshire at all junior levels, daughter Julie Crump who played for England Women in 1989 and presently Grandson Austen Crump who is representing Staffordshire at junior level.

References

  1. Radd, Andrew (2001-03-01). Northamptonshire County Cricket Club (100 Greats). The History Press Ltd. p. 128. ISBN 978-0-7524-2195-7.

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