Country: | England |
Fullname: | Richard Mead-Briggs |
Birth Date: | 25 March 1902 |
Birth Place: | Canterbury, Kent, England |
Death Place: | Harborne, Warwickshire, England |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm medium-fast |
Club1: | Warwickshire |
Year1: | 1946 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 2 |
Runs1: | 46 |
Bat Avg1: | 46.00 |
100S/50S1: | - / - |
Top Score1: | 44 |
Deliveries1: | 240 |
Wickets1: | 1 |
Bowl Avg1: | 96.00 |
Fivefor1: | - |
Tenfor1: | - |
Best Bowling1: | 1/44 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 3/ - |
Date: | 23 December |
Year: | 2011 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/17505.html Cricinfo |
Richard Mead-Briggs (25 March 1902 - 15 May 1956) was an English cricketer. Mead-Briggs was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born at Canterbury, Kent.
Mead-Briggs made two first-class appearances for Warwickshire against Sussex and Leicestershire in the 1946 County Championship.[1] Against Sussex, Mead-Briggs bowled 14 wicketless overs in Sussex's first-innings total of 224. He was dismissed for 2 runs in Warwickshire's first-innings of 237 by Edward Harrison. The match ended in a draw.[2] Against Leicestershire, he ended not out on 44 in Warwickshire's first-innings total of 368, while in Leicestershire's first-innings he took what would be his only first-class wicket when he dismissed Vic Jackson, finishing with figures of 1/44 from 21 overs. He wasn't required to bat in Warwickshire's second-innings and in Leicestershire's second-innings he bowled 5 wicketless overs, with Warwickshire winning by 229 runs.[3] These were his only major appearances for Warwickshire.
He died at Harborne, Warwickshire on 15 May 1956.