Brian Booth

Brian Booth

Personal information
Full name	Brian Charles Booth MBE
Born	(1933-10-19)19 October 1933 Perthville, New South Wales, Australia
Died	19 May 2023(2023-05-19) (aged 89)
Nickname	Sam
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off spin
Role	Middle-order batsman
International information
National side	Australia
Test debut (cap 221)	27 July 1961 v England
Last Test	7 January 1966 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1954/55–1968/69	New South Wales
Career statistics
Competition Test FC Matches 29 183 Runs scored 1,773 11,265 Batting average 42.21 45.42 100s/50s 5/10 26/60 Top score 169 214* Balls bowled 436 2,112 Wickets 3 16 Bowling average 48.66 59.75 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 2/33 2/29 Catches/stumpings 17/0 119/0
Source: CricketArchive, 4 March 2008

Brian Charles Booth (19 October 1933 – 19 May 2023) was an Australian cricketer and hockey player who 29 tests and captaining in 2 of them. He played hockey at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne. On 19 May 2023, Cricket Australia announced that Booth had died at the age of 89.^[1][2]

Notes

1. "Australian cricket mourns death of Brian Booth". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
2. "Vale Brian Booth: Former cricket great mourned". The Daily Telegraph. 2023-05-20. Retrieved 2023-05-20.

Other websites

• Brian Booth at ESPNcricinfo
• Brian Booth at Olympedia
• Brian Booth at the Australian Olympic Committee