Colin Drybrough

Colin David Drybrough (born 31 August 1938) was an Australian-born cricketer who played all of his first-class cricket in England^[1]

Born in East Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, Drybrough first appeared in first-class for Middlesex County Cricket Club in 1958 in matches against both Oxford University and Cambridge University. He made innings of 31 against Cambridge and 0 and 2 against Oxford and bowled in neither match.

From 1960, he played for Oxford University for the next three seasons, batting right-handedly in the lower order and bowling slow left-arm spinners to some effect. In vacations he played often for Middlesex. In both 1961 and 1962, he was the Oxford captain, achieving draws each season against Cambridge sides that looked much stronger in batting than Oxford. His own record was modest in both batting and bowling, but he achieved his highest first-class score against the 1961 Australians with 88, and followed that up in the very next match with seven wickets for 35 runs in Leicestershire's second innings to win the match by 35 runs.

In university vacations he played for Middlesex and in all he played in 92 first-class matches as a right-handed batsman and an orthodox slow left-arm bowler for Middlesex between 1958 and 1964, taking 206 wickets at 27.77, with a personal best of 7/94. He was awarded his county cap in 1962 and then succeeded Ian Bedford as the county captain in 1963. He retired from first-class cricket in 1964 after two seasons in charge in which Middlesex finished sixth each time in the County Championship. He was succeeded as captain by Fred Titmus.

He also played for Melville CC in Australia.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Ian Bedford	Middlesex County Cricket Captain 1963–1964	Succeeded by Fred Titmus

References

1. ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding by Season by Col Drybrough". www.cricketarchive.com. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6368/f_Batting_by_Season.html. Retrieved 2009-03-02. 

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Name	Drybrough, Colin
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Date of birth	31 August 1938
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