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Brian Edrich

English cricketer

Field	Value
name	Brian Edrich
fullname	Brian Robert Edrich
birth_date
birth_place	Cantley, Norfolk
death_date
death_place	Padstow, Cornwall
batting	Left-handed
bowling	Right-arm off break
role	Batsman
family
club1	Kent
year1	1947–1953
club2	Glamorgan
year2	1954–1956
club3	Oxfordshire
year3	1966–1971
type1	FC
debutdate1	10 May
debutyear1	1947
debutfor1	Kent
debutagainst1	Lancashire
lastdate1	19 July
lastyear1	1967
lastfor1	Minor Counties
lastagainst1	Pakistanis
type2	LA
debutdate2	3 May
debutyear2	1967
debutfor2	Oxfordshire
debutagainst2	Cambridgeshire
lastdate2	25 April
lastyear2	1970
lastfor2	Oxfordshire
lastagainst2	Worcestershire
columns	2
column1	First-class
matches1	181
runs1	5,529
bat avg1	19.96
100s/50s1	4/17
top score1	193*
deliveries1	9,347
wickets1	137
bowl avg1	33.18
fivefor1	4
tenfor1	0
best bowling1	7/41
catches/stumpings1	130/–
column2	List A
matches2	2
runs2	34
bat avg2	17.00
100s/50s2	0/0
top score2	34
deliveries2	0
wickets2	–
bowl avg2	–
fivefor2	–
tenfor2	–
best bowling2	–
catches/stumpings2	0/–
date	4 June
year	2017
source	http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/12488.html CricInfo

| 100s/50s1 = 4/17 | catches/stumpings1 = 130/– | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | catches/stumpings2 = 0/–

Brian Robert Edrich (18 August 1922 – 31 May 2009) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent and Glamorgan between 1947 and 1956. He was a member of the Edrich cricketing family from Norfolk. His three brothers, Eric, Geoff and Bill, and his cousin, John, all played first-class cricket.

Early life

Edrich was born in Cantley, Norfolk in 1922. He grew up on the family farm near Lingwood and in East Yorkshire when the family moved north in 1932, returning to live near Heacham. He played cricket for Heacham, playing for the First XI by 1938, aged 16. He was playing for an Edrich family team in 1938 when he was recommended as a promising youngster to Kent County Cricket Club who offered him a contract for the 1939 season without seeing him play.

Cricket career

Edrich signed for Kent in 1939 and played for the Second XI during his first season. The Second World War intervened and Edrich was not able to make his first-class cricket debut until the 1947 season. During the war he served in the Royal Air Force in Canada, India and Ceylon.

After making his debut against Lancashire in May 1947, he went on to play 181 first-class matches for Kent and Glamorgan between 1947 and 1956, scoring 5,529 runs. He broke into the Kent First XI as a regular in 1949, scoring 893 runs and taking 37 wickets, including both his career high score (193 scored against Sussex) and best bowling figures (7/41 taken against Hampshire). His innings against Sussex set a new Kent record partnership of 161 for the ninth wicket, made with Fred Ridgway at Tunbridge Wells.

He was awarded his county cap by Kent in 1949 and his most prolific season was 1951 in which he passed 1,000 runs for the only time in his career, finishing with 1,267, including two centuries, and took 49 wickets. He joined Glamorgan for three seasons as a player, becoming an assistant coach in 1956 and playing in the Second XI to help develop young players. Financial cutbacks led to his coaching role being lost in the early 1960s and he moved to coach cricket at St Edward's School, Oxford in 1964.

Whilst working in Oxford he played for Oxfordshire between 1966 and 1971, making 28 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship and playing twice in the Gillette Cup. He made one appearance for the Minor Counties representative team against the touring Pakistanis in 1967, his final first-class match.

Later life

Edrich died at Padstow in Cornwall in 2009 aged 86.

Notes

References

Hounsome K (2015) ''A game well played - a history of cricket in Norfolk'', pp.271–272. Norwich: Hounsome.
[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/12488.html Brian Edrich], [[CricInfo]]. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
Williamson M (2009) [http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/story/407284.html Brian Edrich dies aged 86], [[CricInfo]], 3 June 2009. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
Hignell, Dr. A. K.. (December 2003). "Brief profile of Brian Edrich". Cricket Archive.
[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4412/4412.html Brian Edrich], CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
"Brian Edrich – A Tribute". Glamorgan County Cricket Club.

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