Bryan Farr

Bryan Farr
Personal information
Full name Bryan Henry Farr
Born (1924-03-16) 16 March 1924
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
19491951 Nottinghamshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 7
Runs scored 143
Batting average 14.30
100s/50s /
Top score 37
Balls bowled 846
Wickets 10
Bowling average 53.80
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 5/96
Catches/stumpings 2/
Source: Cricinfo[1], 19 May 2012

Bryan Henry Farr (born 16 March 1924) is a former English cricketer. Farr was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, and was educated at Harrow School.

Farr made his first-class debut for Nottinghamshire against Gloucestershire in the 1949 County Championship. He made five further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Derbyshire in the 1951 County Championship.[2] In his six first-class appearances for the county, he scored 127 runs at an average of 15.87, with a high score of 37.[3] With the ball, he took 10 wickets at a bowling average of 48.50, with best figures of 5/96.[4] These figures were his only five wicket haul and came against Worcestershire in 1951.[5] He played a final first-class match in 1952 for the Free Foresters against Cambridge University,[2] going wicketless and being dismissed twice by Raman Subba Row, with the Free Foresters losing the match by an innings and 86 runs.[6]

References

  1. Cricinfo profile
  2. 1 2 "First-Class Matches played by Bryan Farr". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  3. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Bryan Farr". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  4. "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Bryan Farr". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  5. "Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire, 1951 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  6. "Cambridge University v Free Foresters, 1952". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 May 2012.

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