- Sid Russell
Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Sid Russell
country = England
fullname = Sidney Edward James Russell
nickname =
living =
dayofbirth = 4
monthofbirth = 10
yearofbirth = 1937
placeofbirth =Feltham ,Middlesex
countryofbirth =England
dayofdeath = 18
monthofdeath = 6
yearofdeath = 1994
placeofdeath =Quebec
countryofdeath =Canada
batting = Right-handed batsman
bowling = Right-arm medium pace
role = Middle order batsman
club1 = Middlesex
year1 = 1960-1964
club2 = Gloucestershire
year2 = 1965-1968
type1 = First-class
debutdate1 = 21 May
debutyear1 = 1960
debutfor1 = Middlesex
debutagainst1 = Oxford University
lastdate1 = 2 September
lastyear1 = 1968
lastfor1 = Gloucestershire
lastagainst1 = Somerset
deliveries = balls
columns = 2
column1 = First-class
matches1 = 142
runs1 = 5464
bat avg1 = 23.86
100s/50s1 = 4/21
top score1 = 130
deliveries1 = 234
wickets1 = 2
bowl avg1 = 60.50
fivefor1 = -
tenfor1 = -
best bowling1 = 1-8
catches/stumpings1 = 41/-
column2 = List A
matches2 = 5
runs2 = 131
bat avg2 = 26.20
100s/50s2 = -/1
top score2 = 62
deliveries2 = 8
wickets2 = 1
bowl avg2 = 4.00
fivefor2 = -
tenfor2 = -
best bowling2 = 1-4
catches/stumpings2 = 2/-
date = 10 Sept
year = 2008
source = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32549/32549.html CricketArchiveSidney Edward James Russell (
4 October 1937 –18 June 1994 ) was an Englishcricketer and footballer.Sid Russell was born in
Feltham, Middlesex and played in 142 first-class cricket matches for Middlesex (1960-1964), MCC (1961) and Gloucestershire (1965-1968) as a sound right-handed batsman, scoring 5,464 runs (average 23.86), with a highest score of 130. He scored 4 centuries and 21 fifties, as well as taking 41 catches.He played in 61 matches for Middlesex as an uncapped professional. He scored 2,681 runs from 105 innings at an average score of 27.63, with a top score of 130. He scored 1,119 runs at 31.08 in his debut season, a feat that he later repeated for Gloucestershire. He later played club cricket in the Bristol area of
Almondsbury and for theCivil Service .He also played in 54
Football League matches as a full-back for Brentford between 1954 and 1960. He died from a heart attack inQuebec, Canada aged 56.External links
* [http://www.cricinfo.com Cricinfo]
* [http://www.cricketarchive.com Cricket Archive]
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