Bryan Cosgrave

Bryan Cosgrave (23 March 1903 – 22 November 1992) was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket for Victoria and Australian rules football in the Victorian Football League (VFL) with Fitzroy.

Bryan Cosgrave
Personal information
Full name
Bryan Cosgrave
Born(1903-03-23)23 March 1903
Clifton Hill, Victoria
Died22 November 1992(1992-11-22) (aged 89)
Melbourne, Victoria
BattingRight-handed
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1925/26–1931/32Victoria
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 4
Runs scored 178
Batting average 29.66
100s/50s 1/0
Top score 100
Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: CricketArchive, 31 December 2014

In the 1924 VFL season, Cosgrave played five games and kicked four goals for Fitzroy. It was his only season and he turned his attention to cricket. He was a right-handed batsman top order batsman and made 178 from his four first-class matches, with 100 of them coming in an innings against Tasmania at Hobart in 1931–32.[1]

Cosgrave was also a journalist for The Sporting Globe, contributing VFL match reports from 1934 to 1937.[2][3][4] In print, his name was occasionally misspelled as Brian Cosgrave.[5]

His son James played cricket with Victoria briefly in the 1956–57 season.

References
  1. "Tasmania v Victoria 1931/32". CricketArchive.
  2. Cosgrave, Bryan (9 May 1936). "Coventry 8 goals: Tigers fight back in vain". The Sporting Globe. p. 3. Retrieved 29 August 2023 – via Trove.
  3. Cosgrave, Bryan (18 September 1937). "Magpies To Meet Geelong For 1937 Pennant". The Sporting Globe. p. 4. Retrieved 29 August 2023 – via Trove.
  4. Cosgrave, Bryan (19 May 1934). "Surer tactics: Magpies' good margin". The Sporting Globe. p. 2. Retrieved 29 August 2023 – via Trove.
  5. Cosgrave, Bryan (8 May 1935). "With last kick of match Collingwood tie with Fitzroy". Sporting Globe. p. 8. Retrieved 29 August 2023 – via Trove.


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