Brian Hurn

Brian Morgan Hurn OAM (4 March 1939 – 18 October 2015) was an Australian first-class cricketer and politician who served as Mayor of Barossa Council.

Born in Angaston in the Barossa Valley of South Australia, Hurn first came to attention when he scored an unbeaten 108 in the inaugural Country Schoolboys Carnival in 1952. He attended the prestigious Prince Alfred College in Adelaide and played first for the South Australian Colts side in the South Australian Grade Cricket League (the level below first-class cricket in South Australia) before switching to Kensington Cricket Club.

Hurn made his first-class cricket debut for South Australia on 1 November 1957, against Western Australia at the Adelaide Oval, scoring thirty and zero and taking three wickets for 67 runs (3/67) and 1/30. Described as "a fast-medium bowler with a side-on action", Hurn's best moment came in December 1958 when he took 5/62 against the touring English side, including leading batsmen Ted Dexter, Colin Cowdrey and Tom Graveney.

Hurn continued to play for South Australia intermittently over the next decade, playing his final first-class match on 13 January 1967, against Queensland at The Gabba, making an unbeaten 79 (his highest first-class score) and four and taking 0/11.

Following the end of his first-class career, Hurn continued to play for Kensington until his retirement in the 1977/78 season. In all Hurn scored 4358 runs in Grade cricket at 21.79 and took 615 wickets at 16.93.