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| Full name | Kenneth Robert Briggs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 July 1933 Woking, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1956 | Lincolnshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 16 February 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kenneth Robert Briggs (born 17 July 1933) is an English former first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
Briggs was born at Woking and enlisted in the Royal Air Force in July 1954 as a pilot officer, having graduated from the Royal Air Force College Cranwell. [1] He was promoted to flying officer in August 1955. [2] While stationed at Cranwell he played minor counties cricket for Lincolnshire against the Yorkshire Second XI in the 1956 Minor Counties Championship. [3] He was promoted to the rank of flight lieutenant in February 1957. [4] In 1961, he was selected to play a first-class cricket match for the Combined Services cricket team against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge. [5] He scored 29 runs in the match, and took the wicket of Roger Vowles. [6] He became a squadron leader in January 1964. [7] Ten years later in January 1974, Briggs was promoted to the rank of wing commander. [8] He was promoted to the rank of group captain in January 1981. [9] He retired from active service in December 1985, retaining the rank of group captain. [10]
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