Brian Davison
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Brian Davison Gloucestershire CCC, Leicestershire CCC & Tasmanian Tigers |
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| Batting style | Right-Hand Batsman | |
| Bowling type | Right Arm Medium & Off Break | |
| First Class | "A" Matches | |
| Matches | 467 | 334 |
| Runs scored | 27453 | 8343 |
| Batting average | 39.96 | 31.24 |
| 100s/50s | 53/148 | 7/46 |
| Top score | 189 | 158* |
| balls bowled | 1802 | |
| Wickets | 82 | 54 |
| Bowling average | 32.78 | 25.22 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 1 | 0 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | 0 |
| Best bowling | 5/52 | 4/29 |
| Catches/stumpings | 338/0 | 80/0 |
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As of March 15, 2007 |
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This article is about the cricketer. For the drummer, see Brian Davison (drummer).
Brian Fettes Davison (born December 21, 1946, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe) was a cricketer who played a total of 467 first class games for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, Leicestershire County Cricket Club and Tasmania.
A right handed batsman, he played for over 20 years in a career starting in 1967/68 and finishing in 1987/88. He won the Walter Lawrence Trophy for fastest century in a county season with a 63 minute effort in 1971.
[edit] First Class
A prolific run scorer, he managed 27453 runs by the time his career ended. He scored a century 53 times, 37 of them for Leicestershire which puts him on equal second for most ever by a player from the county.[1] His 18537 runs for Leicestershire puts him ninth of their all time list.[2] His best season came in 1976 when he scored 1818 runs [3] and he passed 1500 runs in a season for them 3 more times.
[edit] List A
Davison was also a successful one day player, making 6744 runs for Leicestershire which has been bettered by only 4 other players in his county. [4] In 1972 he scored an unbeaten 158 which remained a record highest score for them until 1996. [5]
