Bryan Farr
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| Full name | Bryan Henry Farr | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 March 1924 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 May 2017 (aged 93) Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1949–1951 | Nottinghamshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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
[edit]- ^ Cricinfo profile
- ^ "Bryan Henry FARR's Obituary on The Times". The Times. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ a b "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 11 April 2024.
- ^ "Cambridge University v Free Foresters, 1952". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
External links
[edit]- Bryan Farr at ESPNcricinfo
- Bryan Farr at CricketArchive (subscription required)