Brian George Collins (born 11 August 1941) is a former English cricketer. Collins was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium, with bowling being his main playing role. He was born at Enfield, Middlesex.
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| Full name | Brian George Collins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 August 1941 Enfield, Middlesex, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1979–1981 | Minor Counties | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1978 | Minor Counties West | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1979 | Minor Counties South | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1966–1987 | Hertfordshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Collins made his debut for Hertfordshire in the 1966 Minor Counties Championship against Bedfordshire. He played Minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire from 1966 to 1987, making 102 Minor Counties Championship[1] and three MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances.[2] His List A debut came when Hertfordshire played Devon in the 1969 Gillette Cup. He made nine further List A appearances for the county, the last of which came against Surrey in the 1987 NatWest Trophy.[3] In his ten List A appearances for Hertfordshire, he took 16 wickets at an average of 19.06, with best figures of 5/20.[4]
He also played for a variety of combined Minor Counties teams. He made his debut for Minor Counties South in the 1973 Benson & Hedges Cup against Gloucestershire. He made ten further appearances for the team, the last of which came against Glamorgan in the 1979 Benson & Hedges Cup.[3] In his eleven appearances for the team, he took 11 wickets at an average of 25.18, with best figures of 4/35.[4] He also played List A cricket for Minor Counties West, first appearing for the team in the 1975 Benson & Hedges Cup against Gloucestershire, with Collins playing eight further matches for the team, the last of which came against Lancashire in the 1978 Benson & Hedges Cup.[3] In his nine matches for the team, he took 8 wickets at an average of 43.00, with best figures of 3/29.[4] Further appearances came for the Minor Counties cricket team, with Collins making a single first-class match against the touring Indians in 1979.[5] In this match, he took the wickets of Anshuman Gaekwad, Chetan Chauhan and Dilip Vengsarkar as the Indians amassed a total of 315/4 declared, with Collins' figures reading 3/83 from 28 overs. He went wicket-less in the Indians second-innings, with the match ending in a draw.[6] He made his first List A appearance for the Minor Counties in the 1980 Benson & Hedges Cup against Essex. He made seven further appearances in that format for the Minor Counties, the last of which came against Surrey in the 1981 Benson & Hedges Cup.[3] In his eight List A appearances for the Minor Counties, he took 11 wickets at an average of 43.00, with best figures of 3/29.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Brian Collins". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
- ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Brian Collins". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
- ^ a b c d "List A Matches played by Brian Collins". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
- ^ a b c d "List A Bowling For Each Team by Brian Collins". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Brian Collins". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
- ^ "Minor Counties v Indians, 1979". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
External links
edit- Brian Collins at ESPNcricinfo
- Brian Collins at CricketArchive