Personal information | |
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Born | Ayr, Queensland, Australia | 2 August 1957
Batting | Right-handed |
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium |
Role | Bowler |
Domestic team information | |
Years | Team |
1978/79–1981/82 | Queensland |
Source:Cricinfo,1 October 2020 |
George Brabon (born 2 August 1957) is an Australian cricketer. He played in six first-class and three List A matches for Queensland between 1978 and 1982. [1]
Brabon was a pace bowler who began his cricket career in Rockhampton playing for the Frenchville Falcons. [2] In 1978 he was first selected for the Queensland state team for a tour game against England and it was noted that he was one of only a handful of country cricketers to make it into the state team since 1958. [3] In his debut he dismissed Geoff Boycott for six with his eleventh delivery in first-class cricket which earned his team-mates a $1000 bonus that had been offered by the Queensland company PGH Ceramics if Boycott could be dismissed for less than twenty. [4]
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