Brian Hall (cricketer, born 1934)
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Brian Charles Hall is a former English cricket
er who played first-class cricket
for Worcestershire
, making a total of three appearances (none of them in the County Championship
) in 1956 and 1957.
Hall played a few times for Middlesex
's Second XI in 1954 and 1955,
but he never made a first-class appearance for the county. His debut came at the end of June 1956 when Worcestershire played Oxford University
; he took all three of his first-class wickets in this game, dismissing Jimmy Allan twice, and made his highest score of 21 in the first innings.
In the two matches he played in 1957 — against Oxford University once again and Combined Services
— he took no wickets and scored one run. Hall never played first-class cricket again.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who played first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
for Worcestershire
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...
, making a total of three appearances (none of them in the County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
) in 1956 and 1957.
Hall played a few times for Middlesex
Middlesex County Cricket Club
Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the...
's Second XI in 1954 and 1955,
but he never made a first-class appearance for the county. His debut came at the end of June 1956 when Worcestershire played Oxford University
Oxford University Cricket Club
Oxford University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team, representing the University of Oxford. It plays its home games at the University Parks in Oxford, England...
; he took all three of his first-class wickets in this game, dismissing Jimmy Allan twice, and made his highest score of 21 in the first innings.
In the two matches he played in 1957 — against Oxford University once again and Combined Services
Combined Services cricket team
The Combined Services cricket team represents the British armed forces. The team played at first-class level in England for more than forty years in the mid-twentieth century. Their first first-class match was against Gentlemen of England at Lord's in 1920, while their last was against Oxford...
— he took no wickets and scored one run. Hall never played first-class cricket again.