Brian Richardson | |
Fullname: | Brian Douglas Richardson |
Birth Date: | 15 May 1932 |
Birth Place: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
Death Place: | Lindisfarne, Tasmania, Australia |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Club1: | Tasmania |
Year1: | 1954-1970 |
Date: | 11 March 2016 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/7335.html Cricinfo |
Brian Douglas Richardson (15 May 1932 - 28 April 2020) was an Australian cricketer.[1]
He played five first-class matches for Tasmania between 1954 and 1970.[2] He scored 112 for Tasmania in the match against the touring MCC in January 1966.[3] He played club cricket in Hobart for 24 years, scoring 9,612 runs at an average of 35.21 and taking 306 wickets at 18.50. In the 1968-69 season he scored 1001 runs for Kingborough at an average of 66.73.[4]
Richardson worked as a horticulturist in the Tasmanian Department of Agriculture. He spent ten years as Director of a World Bank aid project in Kashmir.[5]