Bryan Cosgrave (23 March 1903 – 22 November 1992) was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket for Victoria and Australian rules football in the Victorian Football League (VFL) with Fitzroy.
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| Full name | Bryan Cosgrave | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 March 1903 Clifton Hill, Victoria | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 November 1992 (aged 89) Melbourne, Victoria | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1925/26–1931/32 | Victoria | ||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 31 December 2014 | |||||||||||||||
In the 1924 VFL season, Cosgrave played five games and kicked four goals for Fitzroy. It was his only season and he turned his attention to cricket. He was a right-handed batsman top order batsman and made 178 from his four first-class matches, with 100 of them coming in an innings against Tasmania at Hobart in 1931–32.[1]
Cosgrave was also a journalist for The Sporting Globe, contributing VFL match reports from 1934 to 1937.[2][3][4] In print, his name was occasionally misspelled as Brian Cosgrave.[5]
His son James played cricket with Victoria briefly in the 1956–57 season.
References
edit- ^ "Tasmania v Victoria 1931/32". CricketArchive.
- ^ Cosgrave, Bryan (9 May 1936). "Coventry 8 goals: Tigers fight back in vain". The Sporting Globe. p. 3. Retrieved 29 August 2023 – via Trove.
- ^ Cosgrave, Bryan (18 September 1937). "Magpies To Meet Geelong For 1937 Pennant". The Sporting Globe. p. 4. Retrieved 29 August 2023 – via Trove.
- ^ Cosgrave, Bryan (19 May 1934). "Surer tactics: Magpies' good margin". The Sporting Globe. p. 2. Retrieved 29 August 2023 – via Trove.
- ^ Cosgrave, Bryan (8 May 1935). "With last kick of match Collingwood tie with Fitzroy". Sporting Globe. p. 8. Retrieved 29 August 2023 – via Trove.
External links
edit- Bryan Cosgrave's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Bryan Cosgrave at ESPNcricinfo
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