Brian Booth
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.[1][2]
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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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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1954/55–1968/69 | New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 4 March 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brian Booth Media
Booth's Test career batting performance. The red bars indicate the runs that he scored in an innings, with the blue line indicating the batting average in his last ten innings. The blue dots indicate an innings where he remained not out.
Ian Craig, Johnny Martin and Booth (right) in New Zealand in 1960
Booth stood in as captain for Bob Simpson (pictured) when Simpson was ill and injured.
Booth strongly criticised the sledging tactics used by the Australian team led by Steve Waugh (pictured).
Notes
- ↑ "Australian cricket mourns death of Brian Booth". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
- ↑ "Vale Brian Booth: Former cricket great mourned". The Daily Telegraph. 2023-05-20. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
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