| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sidney Edward James Russell | |||
| Born | 4 October 1937 Feltham, Middlesex, England |
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| Died | 18 June 1994 (aged 56) Quebec, Canada |
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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium pace | |||
| Role | Middle order batsman | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1960-1964 | Middlesex | |||
| 1965-1968 | Gloucestershire | |||
| First-class debut | 21 May 1960 Middlesex v Oxford University | |||
| Last First-class | 2 September 1968 Gloucestershire v Somerset | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | First-class | List A | ||
| Matches | 142 | 5 | ||
| Runs scored | 5464 | 131 | ||
| Batting average | 23.86 | 26.20 | ||
| 100s/50s | 4/21 | -/1 | ||
| Top score | 130 | 62 | ||
| Balls bowled | 234 | 8 | ||
| Wickets | 2 | 1 | ||
| Bowling average | 60.50 | 4.00 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | - | - | ||
| 10 wickets in match | - | - | ||
| Best bowling | 1-8 | 1-4 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 41/- | 2/- | ||
| Source: CricketArchive, 10 Sept 2008 | ||||
Sidney Edward James Russell (4 October 1937 – 18 June 1994) was an English cricketer and footballer.
Sid Russell was born in Feltham, Middlesex and played in 142 first-class cricket matches for Middlesex (1960-1964), MCC (1961) and Gloucestershire (1965-1968) as a sound right-handed batsman, scoring 5,464 runs (average 23.86), with a highest score of 130. He scored 4 centuries and 21 fifties, as well as taking 41 catches.
He played in 61 matches for Middlesex as an uncapped professional. He scored 2,681 runs from 105 innings at an average score of 27.63, with a top score of 130. He scored 1,119 runs at 31.08 in his debut season, a feat that he later repeated for Gloucestershire. He later played club cricket in the Bristol area of Almondsbury and for the Civil Service.
He also played in 54 Football League matches as a full-back for Brentford between 1954 and 1960. He died from a heart attack in Quebec, Canada aged 56.