Alexander Brewer | |
Country: | England |
Fullname: | Alexander Newton Brewer |
Birth Date: | 10 September 1906 |
Birth Place: | Rochdale, Lancashire, England |
Death Place: | Blackpool, Lancashire, England |
Batting: | Unknown |
Bowling: | Unknown |
Club1: | Europeans |
Year1: | 1939/40 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 2 |
Runs1: | 18 |
Bat Avg1: | 4.50 |
100S/50S1: | –/– |
Top Score1: | 10 |
Deliveries1: | 12 |
Wickets1: | 0 |
Bowl Avg1: | – |
Fivefor1: | – |
Tenfor1: | – |
Best Bowling1: | – |
Catches/Stumpings1: | –/– |
Date: | 29 October |
Year: | 2023 |
Source: | https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/alexander-brewer-27067 ESPNcricinfo |
Alexander Newton Brewer (10 September 1906 — 18 January 1984) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
Brewer was born at Rochdale in September 1906. He made his debut in first-class cricket whilst in British India for the Europeans against the Hindus at Bombay in the 1939–40 Bombay Pentangular.[1] Brewer received an emergency commission in the British Indian Army during the Second World War, being appointed as a second lieutenant in June 1941. Following the war, he made a second appearance in first-class cricket for S. A. Shete's XI against A. A. Jasdenwala's XI at Bombay in November 1946.[1] In his two first-class matches, he scored a total of 18 runs with a highest score of 10.[2] Brewer died at Blackpool in January 1984.