Vincent Broderick (17 August 1920 – 14 November 2010), known as Vince Broderick, was an English
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
er who played for
Northamptonshire and briefly for
the MCC. Considered an
All-rounder, Broderick is notable for having the third best
bowling figures in a single innings in Northamptonshire history. This career best of 9-35 came in 1948 against
Sussex
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at
Horsham
Horsham is a market town on the upper reaches of the River Arun on the fringe of the Weald in West Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester. Nearby to ...
. He was born at
Bacup,
Lancashire.
Career
Broderick was taken on by Northamptonshire's groundstaff in 1939, earning £3 a week. He made his
first-class debut - a
draw in which he recorded bowling figures of 1-46 and was
bowled for a
duck - against
Glamorgan
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at
Cardiff. This match happened just a few days before
the German invasion of Poland. Resuming his career after the war, Broderick became a regular in the team throughout the 1947 season, claiming 75 wickets including 8-16 against
Derbyshire at the Town Ground in
Rushden. 1948 not only brought Broderick his career best bowling figures on a drying pitch, he also registered his first two
centuries against
Warwickshire and
Essex. After this Broderick began to become more successful as a
batsman as his
bowling became less prolific. In 1953 he recorded his career best batting score of 190 in a first wicket Partnership of 361 with
Buddy Oldfield at
Peterborough, this partnership remained a county record until 1996. In 1957 Broderick retired from first-class cricket, taking charge of Northamptonshire's Second XI before coaching at
Winchester College until 1987.
Remaining in Winchester and in his later years living at
Colden Common just outside the city, Broderick was a regular at the Wykeham Arms in the city for more than 50 years. He died on 14 November 2010.
Wykeham Arms regulars morn death of Vince Broderick
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1920 births
2010 deaths
People from Bacup
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