Brian George Collins (born 11 August 1941) is a former English

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er. Collins was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium, with bowling being his main playing role. He was born at

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. Collins made his debut for

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in the 1966

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against Bedfordshire. He played Minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire from 1966 to 1987, making 102 Minor Counties Championship and three MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances. His

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debut came when Hertfordshire played Devon in the

1969 Gillette Cup The 1969 Gillette Cup was the seventh Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 10 May and 6 September 1969. The tournament was won by Yorkshire County Cricket Club who defeated Derbyshire County Crick ...

. He made nine further List A appearances for the county, the last of which came against

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in the

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. In his ten List A appearances for Hertfordshire, he took 16 wickets at an average of 19.06, with best figures of 5/20. He also played for a variety of combined Minor Counties teams. He made his debut for

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in the

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against Gloucestershire. He made ten further appearances for the team, the last of which came against

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in the

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. In his eleven appearances for the team, he took 11 wickets at an average of 25.18, with best figures of 4/35. He also played List A cricket for

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, first appearing for the team in the

1975 Benson & Hedges Cup The 1975 Benson & Hedges Cup was the fourth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup. The competition was won by Leicestershire County Cricket Club. Fixtures and results Group stage Midlands Group Northern Group Southern Group Western ...

against Gloucestershire, with Collins playing eight further matches for the team, the last of which came against Lancashire in the

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. In his nine matches for the team, he took 8 wickets at an average of 43.00, with best figures of 3/29. Further appearances came for the Minor Counties cricket team, with Collins making a single first-class match against the touring

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in 1979. In this match, he took the wickets of Anshuman Gaekwad,

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and Dilip Vengsarkar as the Indians amassed a total of 315/4

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, with Collins' figures reading 3/83 from 28

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. He went wicket-less in the Indians second-innings, with the match ending in a draw. He made his first List A appearance for the Minor Counties in the

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against Essex. He made seven further appearances in that format for the Minor Counties, the last of which came against

in the

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. In his eight List A appearances for the Minor Counties, he took 11 wickets at an average of 43.00, with best figures of 3/29.

References

External links

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