| William Brazier | |
| Birth Date: | 1755 |
| Birth Place: | Cudham, Kent |
| Death Date: | 7 October |
| Death Place: | Cudham, Kent |
| Role: | All-rounder |
| Club1: | Kent |
| Year1: | 1774–1794 |
| Type1: | FC |
| Debutdate1: | 8 August |
| Debutyear1: | 1774 |
| Debutfor1: | Kent |
| Debutagainst1: | Hampshire |
| Lastdate1: | 27 August |
| Lastyear1: | 1794 |
| Lastfor1: | Kent |
| Lastagainst1: | Oldfield |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/79/79360/79360.html CricketArchive |
| Date: | 1 July |
| Year: | 2022 |
William Brazier (1755 – 7 October 1829) was an English cricketer of the late 18th century who played mostly for Kent county cricket teams.
Brazier was born at Cudham in Kent in 1755, a village 6miles north-west of Sevenoaks.[1] He made his first-class cricket debut in 1774, playing for a Kent side against a Hampshire XI at Sevenoaks Vine. He went on to play in a total of 50 first-class matches in a career which lasted until 1794, scoring 1,216 runs and taking at least 42 wickets. He played for Kent sides 28 times, as well as for West Kent and for a combined Kent and Hampshire side. Another eight matches were for England sides and he played once as a given man for a Surrey side in 1776.[2]
Although he played for a left-handed team in 1790, Scores and Biographies says that Brazier was a right-handed batsman who bowled fast and was a powerful hitter. The same source described him as a farmer at Cudham who continued to play village cricket until 1819.[3] He was a "useful all-rounder" who "hit the ball particularly hard" according to Ashley Mote[4] and James Pycroft, writing in 1851, described him as one of Kent's three best players.[5] Brazier died at Cudham in 1829.[1]