Bryan Farr

Bryan Farr
Personal information
Full name	Bryan Henry Farr
Born	16 March 1924 (age 100); Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
Domestic team information
1949–1951	Nottinghamshire
Career statistics
Matches	7
Runs scored	143
Batting average	14.30
100s/50s	–/–
Top score	37
Balls bowled	846
Wickets	10
Bowling average	53.80
5 wickets in innings	1
10 wickets in match	–
Best bowling	5/96
Catches/stumpings	2/–
	Source: Cricinfo, 19 May 2012

Bryan Henry Farr (born 16 March 1924) is a former English cricketer. Farr was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, and was educated at Harrow School.

Farr made his first-class debut for Nottinghamshire against Gloucestershire in the 1949 County Championship. He made five further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Derbyshire in the 1951 County Championship.^[2] In his six first-class appearances for the county, he scored 127 runs at an average of 15.87, with a high score of 37.^[3] With the ball, he took 10 wickets at a bowling average of 48.50, with best figures of 5/96.^[4] These figures were his only five wicket haul and came against Worcestershire in 1951.^[5] He played a final first-class match in 1952 for the Free Foresters against Cambridge University,^[2] going wicketless and being dismissed twice by Raman Subba Row, with the Free Foresters losing the match by an innings and 86 runs.^[6]

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