Alan Frederick Brazier (7 December 1924 – 18 April 1999) was an English

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er who played

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for

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and

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between 1948 and 1956. Brazier was born at

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in London. He went to Southall Technical School in the London Borough of Ealing and played club cricket for Ealing Dean Cricket Club.Obituary
''The Cricketer''. Included at

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; retrieved 9 August 2022. He served in the

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Brazier was a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium-pace bowler. He was extremely successful for Surrey's second eleven in the

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, scoring 1,212 runs in 1949 to establish a new record for the competition. He was unable to break into the very strong Surrey side of the time on a consistent basis, and made only 36 appearances for the county between 1948 and 1954. He moved to Kent for the 1955 season and played 20 times over the next two seasons before retiring at the end of the 1956 season. During his career Brazier had coached the young Henry Blofeld at Blofeld's Norfolk home. Blofled H (2019) ''My A-Z of Cricket''. London: Hodder & Stoughton. After his retirement from first-class cricket, Brazier was the professional coach at

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. He died at

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in 1999 aged 74.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brazier, Alan 1924 births 1999 deaths English cricketers Surrey cricketers Kent cricketers Minor Counties cricketers Cricketers from the City of Westminster People from Paddington