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Jim Brailsford
Frank Colliss Brailsford (26 August 1933 – 19 June 2015), known as Jim Brailsford, was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1958. Brailsford was born at Hepthorne Lane, Derbyshire. He joined Derbyshire in 1951 and played in 2nd XI and other matches until the 1958 season. He made his debut against Sussex Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English ... in August 1958, and made two more first-class appearances in 1958. He continued playing in the Second XI Championship until 1968 and was active in other teams until 1975. Brailsford was a right-handed batsman and played five innings in three first-class matches with an average of 8.20 and a top score of 41. He was a right-arm medium-pace bowler and tool a wicket in the two overs he bowled. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derbyshire
Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the north-west, West Yorkshire to the north, South Yorkshire to the north-east, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south-east, Staffordshire to the west and south-west and Cheshire to the west. Kinder Scout, at , is the highest point and Trent Meadows, where the River Trent leaves Derbyshire, the lowest at . The north–south River Derwent is the longest river at . In 2003, the Ordnance Survey named Church Flatts Farm at Coton in the Elms, near Swadlincote, as Britain's furthest point from the sea. Derby is a unitary authority area, but remains part of the ceremonial county. The county was a lot larger than its present coverage, it once extended to the boundaries of the City of Sheffield district in South Yorkshire where it cov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
