Personal information | |
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Born | 1755 Cudham, Kent |
Died | 7 October 1829 (aged 73–74) Cudham, Kent |
Role | All-rounder |
Domestic team information | |
Years | Team |
1774–1794 | Kent |
FC debut | 8 August 1774 Kent v Hampshire |
Last FC | 27 August 1794 Kent v Oldfield |
Source: CricketArchive, 1 July 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 6 miles (9.7 km) 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.[a] 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[b] and he played once as a given man for a Surrey side in 1776.[c][5]
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.[6] He was a "useful all-rounder" who "hit the ball particularly hard" according to Ashley Mote[7] and James Pycroft, writing in 1851, described him as one of Kent's three best players.[8] Brazier died at Cudham in 1829.[1]