Eric Brotherton

Eric Brotherton
Personal information
Full name Eric James Brotherton
Born 7 May 1938
Ventersburg, Orange Free State, South Africa
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium-pace
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1959-60 to 1960-61 Eastern Province
1963-64 to 1969-70 North Eastern Transvaal
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 39
Runs scored 1866
Batting average 28.27
100s/50s 2/10
Top score 164 not out
Balls bowled 462
Wickets 3
Bowling average 67.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 2/50
Catches/stumpings 24/0
Source: Cricinfo, 7 August 2014

Eric James Brotherton (born 7 May 1938, Ventersburg, Orange Free State, South Africa) is a former South African cricketer and squash player.

He made his first-class debut in 1959-60, opening the batting for Eastern Province with his captain Geoff Dakin and scoring 215 runs at an average of 23.88 with most of his innings exceeding 20 but with a top score of 33.[1] In 1960-61, when Eastern Province had their best season in the Currie Cup, finishing second with four wins from six matches, Brotherton scored 336 runs at 30.54.[2] He also played a match for South African Universities, hitting 164 not out, the record score for the Universities, against Western Province, putting on 227 for the fourth wicket with Colin Bland.[3]

After a two-season gap he played for North Eastern Transvaal in 1963-64, leading the team's aggregates and averages with 308 runs at 30.80.[4] He captained North Eastern Transvaal in 1964-65. When North Eastern Transvaal won Section B of the Currie Cup in 1965-66 he scored 376 runs at 41.77[5] scoring 111 in the first match of the season.[6] He played on with less success until 1969-70.

In the 1960s he played squash for South Africa.[7]

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