Stan Brice

Alfred William Stanley Brice (14 November 1880 – 5 May 1959) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Wellington from 1903 to 1928 and played five times for New Zealand in the days before New Zealand played Test cricket. He was also an early administrator of Rugby league in New Zealand.[1]

Stan Brice
Personal information
Full name
Alfred William Stanley Brice
Born(1880-11-14)14 November 1880
South Rakaia, Canterbury, New Zealand
Died5 May 1959(1959-05-05) (aged 78)
Maraekakaho, near Hastings, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-pace
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1902-03 to 1927-28Wellington
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 61
Runs scored 1575
Batting average 17.11
100s/50s 0/8
Top score 87
Balls bowled 11,123
Wickets 247
Bowling average 21.29
5 wickets in innings 19
10 wickets in match 7
Best bowling 9/67
Catches/stumpings 43/0
Source: Cricinfo, 17 June 2018

He married Mary Silva at Sacred Heart Church in Petone on 24 April 1905.[2]

In a senior club match for Petone in Wellington in March 1918 Brice took 7 for 2 to dismiss the Returned Soldiers' Association team (who batted two short) for 8 in the second innings. He had taken 5 for 13 in the first innings, when the Returned Soldiers' Association team made 45. He took a hat-trick in each innings.[3] He set a wicket-taking record for Wellington senior cricket that season with 93 wickets at an average of 7.19.[4]

References
  1. Wisden 1960, pp. 949–50.
  2. "Personal Matters". Evening Post: 4. 25 April 1905. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  3. "Cricket in Other Centres: Some Remarkable Bowling". Sun: 3. 16 March 1918.
  4. "The Season's Batting and Bowling Averages". Free Lance: 20. 18 April 1918.
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