Sidney Edward James Russell (4 October 1937 – 18 June 1994) was an English

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and

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. Sid Russell was born in Feltham, Middlesex and played in 142 first-class cricket matches for

Middlesex Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a Historic counties of England, historic county in South East England, southeast England. Its area is almost entirely within the wider urbanised area of London and mostly within the Ceremonial counties of ...

(1960-1964),

Marylebone Cricket Club Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at Lord's Cricket Ground, which it owns, in St John's Wood, London. The club was formerly the governing body of cricket retaining considerable global influence ...

(MCC) (1961) and

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(1965-1968) as a sound right-handed batsman, scoring 5,464 runs (average 23.86), with a highest score of 130. He scored 4 centuries and 21 fifties, as well as taking 41 catches. He played in 61 matches for Middlesex as an uncapped professional. He scored 2,681 runs from 105 innings at an average score of 27.63, with a top score of 130. He scored 1,119 runs at 31.08 in his debut season, a feat that he later repeated for Gloucestershire. He later played club cricket in the Bristol area of

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and for the

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. He also played in 54

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matches as a

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for

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between 1956 and 1961. He died from a

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aged 56.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Russell, Sid 1937 births 1994 deaths Brentford F.C. players English cricketers English men's footballers Gloucestershire cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Middlesex cricketers Footballers from the London Borough of Hounslow People from Feltham English Football League players Men's association football fullbacks Southern Football League players Bexley United F.C. players