Brian Booth

Brian Booth
Personal information
Full nameBrian Charles Booth MBE
Born(1933-10-19)19 October 1933
Perthville, New South Wales, Australia
Died19 May 2023(2023-05-19) (aged 89)
NicknameSam
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off spin
RoleMiddle-order batsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 221)27 July 1961 v England
Last Test7 January 1966 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1954/55–1968/69New South Wales
Career statistics
Competition Test FC
Matches 29 183
Runs scored 1,773 11,265
Batting average 42.21 45.42
100s/50s 5/10 26/60
Top score 169 214*
Balls bowled 436 2,112
Wickets 3 16
Bowling average 48.66 59.75
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 2/33 2/29
Catches/stumpings 17/0 119/0
Source: CricketArchive, 4 March 2008

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]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Australian cricket mourns death of Brian Booth". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
  2. ↑ "Vale Brian Booth: Former cricket great mourned". The Daily Telegraph. 2023-05-20. Retrieved 2023-05-20.

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