Brian Disbury
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| Full name | Brian Elvin Disbury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
30 September 1929 Bedford, Bedfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Audrey Disbury (sister) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1954–1957 | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1946–1953 | Bedfordshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 5 February 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brian Elvin Disbury (born 30 September 1929) is a former English cricketer. Disbury was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Bedford, Bedfordshire, and was educated at Bedford School.
Disbury made his debut in county cricket for Bedfordshire against Oxfordshire in the 1946 Minor Counties Championship. He played Minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire from 1946 to 1953, making a total of 36 appearances, the last of which came against Buckinghamshire.[1] On the back of good performances for Bedfordshire, Disbury joined Kent, making his first-class debut in the 1954 County Championship against Sussex. He made thirteen further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Somerset in the 1957 County Championship.[2] In his fourteen first-class appearances for Kent, he scored a total of 288 runs at an average of 16.00, with a high score of 74 not out.[3] This score was his only half century for the county and came against Leicestershire in 1956.[4] With the ball, Disbury took 5 wickets with his medium pace, which came at a bowling average of 40.80, with best figures of 2/76.[5]
His sister, Audrey Disbury, played ten Women's Test matches for England women.
References
- ↑ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Brian Disbury". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
- ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Brian Disbury". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
- ↑ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team Brian Disbury". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
- ↑ "Kent v Leicestershire, 1956 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
- ↑ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Brian Disbury". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 February 2012.