Brian Booth (cricketer, born 1935)

Brian Joseph Booth (3 December 1935 – December 2020)[1][2] was an English cricketer who played in 350 first-class matches and 64 List A games, nearly all of them for Lancashire and Leicestershire, in a career that stretched between 1956 and 1973.[1] He was born in Billinge End, Blackburn, Lancashire.[3]

For the Australian Test cricketer, see Brian Booth.

Brian Booth
Personal information
Full nameBrian Joseph Booth
Born(1935-12-03)3 December 1935
Billinge End, Blackburn, Lancashire, England
DiedDecember 2020 (aged 84 or 85)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeg-break and googly
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1956–1963Lancashire
1964–1973Leicestershire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 350 64
Runs scored 15,298 870
Batting average 27.91 20.71
100s/50s 18/77 0/4
Top score 183* 73
Balls bowled 8409 0
Wickets 146 –
Bowling average 32.03 –
5 wickets in innings 1 –
10 wickets in match 0 n/a
Best bowling 7/143 –
Catches/stumpings 135/– 11/–
Source: Cricinfo, 25 May 2020

Booth was a right-handed batsman sometimes used as an opener and a right-arm legbreak and googly bowler. He passed 1000 runs in eight seasons during his career, and scored more than 800 first-class runs in three other seasons.[4] In his early career with Lancashire between 1956 and 1963, he bowled regularly, taking up to 30 wickets in a season, but after he joined Leicestershire in 1964 he was no more than an occasional bowler, and did not take more than nine wickets in any one season.[5]

Booth's highest first-class score was 183 not out for Lancashire against Oxford University in 1961.[6] His best bowling figures were 7 for 143 for Lancashire against Worcestershire in 1959.[7]

References
  1. "Player profile: Brian Booth". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  2. "Brian Booth (1935-2020)". Leicestershire CCC. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  3. "Brian Booth". Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  4. "First-class Batting and Fielding in each season by Brian Booth". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  5. "First-class Bowling in each season by Brian Booth". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  6. "Lancashire v Oxford University 1961". Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  7. "Lancashire v Worcestershire 1959". Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
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