Tom Brierley

Tom Brierley

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Leslie Brierley
Born	(1910-06-15)15 June 1910 Southampton, Hampshire, England
Died	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Batting style	Right-handed
Role	Wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1951 & 1954	Canada
1946–1948	Lancashire
1931–1939	Glamorgan
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 232 Runs scored 6,224 Batting average 18.97 100s/50s 4/27 Top score 116* Balls bowled 50 Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 213/93
Source: CricketArchive, 14 October 2011

Thomas Leslie "Tom" Brierley (15 June 1910 – 7 January 1989) was an English and Canadian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper. A curiosity of his county career is that his highest career score (116) was scored twice, one playing for Glamorgan, and once playing against Glamorgan.

Before the Second World War, Brierley played his county cricket for Glamorgan. After the war he moved to play for Lancashire playing for three seasons before emigrating to Canada. He took up posts as a coach with Vancouver Cricket Club, and as groundsman and economics teacher at Shawnigan Lake School.

He was considered to be one of the leading cricket coaches in Canada, and continued playing, winning a place in the Canadian national team. He played five further first-class matches for Canada in the 1950s, including a return to the UK in 1954 as part of a Canadian touring team.

References

• Cricket Archive profile
• Wisden Almanack obituaries for 1989
• Cricinfo profile