Brian Booth: Australian cricketer and field hockey player
Brian Charles Booth (19 October 1933 – 19 May 2023) was an Australian cricketer and hockey player who 29 tests and captaining in 2 of them.
He played hockey at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne. On 19 May 2023, Cricket Australia announced that Booth had died at the age of 89.
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| Full name | Brian Charles Booth MBE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 October 1933 Perthville, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 May 2023 (aged 89) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Sam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off spin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Middle-order batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 221) | 27 July 1961 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 7 January 1966 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1954/55–1968/69 | New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 4 March 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes
Other websites
- Brian Booth at Australian Olympic Committee
- Brian Booth at Olympedia
- Brian Booth at ESPNcricinfo
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