Bryan Farr
Bryan Henry Farr (16 March 1924 - 20 May 2017[2]) was an English cricketer and landowner. Farr was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, and was educated at Harrow School.
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Full name | Bryan Henry Farr | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England | 16 March 1924||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 20 May 2017 93) Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1949–1951 | Nottinghamshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[3] 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.[4] With the ball, he took 10 wickets at a bowling average of 48.50, with best figures of 5/96.[5] These figures were his only five wicket haul and came against Worcestershire in 1951.[6] He played a final first-class match in 1952 for the Free Foresters against Cambridge University,[3] going wicketless and being dismissed twice by Raman Subba Row, with the Free Foresters losing the match by an innings and 86 runs.[7]
References
- Cricinfo profile
- "Bryan Henry FARR's Obituary on The Times". The Times. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- "First-Class Matches played by Bryan Farr". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
- "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Bryan Farr". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
- "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Bryan Farr". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
- "Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire, 1951 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
- "Cambridge University v Free Foresters, 1952". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
External links
- Bryan Farr at ESPNcricinfo
- Bryan Farr at CricketArchive (subscription required)