Brian Bolus
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| Full name | John Brian Bolus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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31 January 1934 Whitkirk, Leeds, England |
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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Left arm medium bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Nottinghamshire captain 1972 Derbyshire captain 1973-1974 |
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| Test debut | 25 July 1963 v West Indies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 15 February 1964 v India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1956-1962 | Yorkshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1963-1972 | Nottinghamshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1976 | Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricket Archive, 28 March 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Brian Bolus (born 31 January 1934) is a former English cricketer who played in seven Tests from 1963 to 1964. Cricket commentator, Colin Bateman, stated, "Bolus was essentially an accumulator, dependably totting up 25,000 runs over 20 summers".
Bolus was born in Whitkirk, Leeds, Yorkshire. He learned his cricket with Whitkirk before moving to Leeds in 1953, and then to Bradford. In his debut List A cricket match, he scored 100 not out in his team's total of only 159, the lowest all-out total to include a century in List A cricket's history.
He began his first-class career in his native Yorkshire in 1956, playing for seven years. His first-class debut was Yorkshire versus M.C.C., at Lords, in 1956. He played 107 matches for Yorkshire, with a highest score of 146 not out against Hampshire at Portsmouth in 1960. His best bowling figures were 4 for 40 against Pakistan at Park Avenue in 1962.
He moved on to Nottinghamshire in 1963, after Yorkshire opted for a relative unknown, Geoffrey Boycott, who was six years younger. For Nottinghamshire he played 269 matches, with a highest score of 202 not out against Glamorgan at Trent Bridge in 1963, and best bowling figures of 2 for 24 against the West Indies, also at Trent Bridge in 1966. He was made county captain in 1972.
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