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Full name Brian Charles Rose
Born June 4, 1950, Dartford, Kent
Current age 58 years 131 days
Major teams England,Somerset
Nickname Rosey, Harry
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm medium
Education Weston-super-Mare Grammar School; Borough Road College, Isleworth
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
9
16
2
358
70
25.57
956
37.44
0
2
38
0
4
0
ODIs
2
2
0
99
54
49.50
210
47.14
0
1
7
0
1
0
First-class
270
448
50
13236
205
33.25
25
53
124
0
List A
258
244
33
5846
137*
27.70
3
29
65
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
270
445
289
8
3/9
36.12
3.89
55.6
0
0
List A
258
204
152
7
3/25
3/25
21.71
4.47
29.1
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Pakistan v England at Lahore, Dec 14-19, 1977 scorecard
Last Test
West Indies v England at Port of Spain, Feb 13-18, 1981 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Pakistan v England at Sahiwal, Dec 23, 1977 scorecard
Last ODI
Pakistan v England at Sialkot, Dec 30, 1977 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1969 - 1987
List A span
1969 - 1987
Profile
Brian Rose, the England left-hander who is best remembered for leading Somerset to their first silverware, the Gillette Cup and the John Player League in 1979, the beginning of a golden age for them. In the same year he courted controversy by declaring Somerset's innings in a Benson & Hedges Cup match after one over, so as to take advantage of a technicality. It didn't do him much good: he was vilified and Somerset were thrown out of the competition. Rose played nine Tests, and stood up well to the West Indies in 1980, when he made 243 runs at 48.60. He didn't lack courage, and on his day was an attractive batsman. But he struggled in West Indies in 1980-81, returning home early with an eye defect, and thereafter batted in glasses. In his later years he combined his cricket with teaching.
Rob Smyth
