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| Full name | Douglas William Bracewell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 January 1953 Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm offbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1973/74–1975/76 | Canterbury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1976/77–1979/80 | Central Districts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 3 January 1975 Canterbury v Northern Districts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 26 January 1980 Central Districts v Wellington | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA debut | 2 December 1973 Canterbury v Otago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last LA | 6 March 1977 Central Districts v Auckland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricInfo,26 June 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Douglas William Bracewell (born 20 January 1953) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Central Districts and then Canterbury from 1973 until 1980. [1]
A right-arm off-break bowler,and lower-order batsman,Bracewell came from a cricketing family,with brothers John and Brendon,and nephews Doug and Michael playing Test and One Day International cricket for New Zealand. Another brother Mark played first class cricket. [2]
Bracewell himself made 26 first class appearances,taking 43 wickets at a bowling average of 36.23,and three List A appearances,taking two wickets. [3] He also played Hawke Cup cricket for Wairarapa,helping them win the trophy in 1977 and hold it for two years. [4]
Bracewell was also a rugby union player,representing Wairarapa Bush. He later coached rugby and cricket in the Wairarapa region for many years. [4]