Full Name

Brian Charles Rose

Born

June 04, 1950, Dartford, Kent

Age

73y 299d

Nicknames

Rosey, Harry

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Left arm Medium

Education

Weston-super-Mare Grammar School; Borough Road College, Isleworth

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.
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Brian Rose Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests91623587025.5795637.440238040
ODIs220995449.5021047.14017010
FC270448501323620533.25--2553--1240
List A258244335846137*27.70--329--650

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests9------------
ODIs2------------
FC270-44528983/9-36.123.8955.6-00
List A258-20415273/253/2521.714.4729.1000
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Somerset director of cricket Brian Rose ahead at the club's press day
Brian Rose
Somerset captain Brian Rose holds the Benson and Hedges cup
Brian Rose batting for Somerset
Viv Richards and Brian Rose hold aloft the Gillette Cup
Brian Rose