Gerard Brophy

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Gerard Brophy


country = South Africa
fullname = Gerard Louis Brophy
nickname =
living = true
dayofbirth = 26
monthofbirth = 11
yearofbirth = 1975
placeofbirth = Welkom
countryofbirth = South Africa
heightft = 5
heightinch = 11
heightm =
batting = Right-hand
bowling =
role = Wicket-keeper

club1 = Yorkshire
year1 = 2006–present
clubnumber1 = 20
club2 = Northamptonshire
year2 = 2002–2005
clubnumber2 =
club3 = Free State
year3 = 1999–2001
clubnumber3 =
club4 = Gauteng
year4 = 1998–1999
clubnumber4 =
club5 = Transvaal B
year5 = 1996–1997
clubnumber5 =
club6 =
year6 =
clubnumber6 =
type1 = First-class
debutdate1 = 31 October
debutyear1 = 1996
debutfor1 = Transvaal B
debutagainst1 = Eastern Province B
lastdate1 = 9 August
lastyear1 = 2007
lastfor1 = Yorkshire
lastagainst1 = Lancashire
type2 = List-A
debutdate2 = 5 December
debutyear2 = 1997
debutfor2 = Gauteng
debutagainst2 = Easterns
lastdate2 = 8 August
lastyear2 = 2007
lastfor2 = Yorkshire
lastagainst2 = Middlesex

deliveries = balls
columns = 3
column1 = FC
matches1 = 72
runs1 = 3216
bat avg1 = 32.16
100s/50s1 = 6/15
top score1 = 185
deliveries1 = 6
wickets1 = –
bowl avg1 = –
fivefor1 = –
tenfor1 = –
best bowling1 = –
catches/stumpings1 = 178/13
column2 = LA
matches2 = 72
runs2 = 1124
bat avg2 = 23.91
100s/50s2 = 0/5
top score2 = 57*
deliveries2 = –
wickets2 = –
bowl avg2 = –
fivefor2 = –
tenfor2 = –
best bowling2 = –
catches/stumpings2 = 60/14
column3 = T20
matches3 = 23
runs3 = 362
bat avg3 = 25.85
100s/50s3 = 0/1
top score3 = 57
deliveries3 = –
wickets3 = –
bowl avg3 = –
fivefor3 = –
tenfor3 = –
best bowling3 = –
catches/stumpings3 = 8/1

date = 14 August
year = 2007
source = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6310/6310.html cricketarchive.com

Gerard Louis Brophy (born 26 November, 1975) is a first class cricketer contracted to Yorkshire County Cricket Club for the 2007 season. He has also played for Ireland, Free State, Gauteng, Northamptonshire and Transvaal in a well travelled career.

He was born in Welkom, Orange Free State and educated at Christian Brothers College, Boksburg, 'Scuba' made his first class debut in the 1996/97 South African season. Standing relatively tall for a keeper at five feet eleven inches, he has taken 167 first class catches and completed 11 stumpings. A right hand batsman, he has scored 3030 runs at 32.58 with six hundreds and a best of 185. He's played in 69 list A one day games, scoring 1030 runs at 22.88 with a top score of 57* and 15 Twenty20 games, making 211 runs at 26.37 with a best of 57.

Although born in South Africa he holds a British passport and so is not considered an overseas player in the English first class game. He represented East Transvaal in that sport in 1991. He struggled with the bat in his first season with Yorkshire in 2006 and faces a fight for a first team place with Simon Guy and young Greg Wood.

He revealed on Sky Sports Twenty20 coverage that his favourite music is Razorlight, food is lamb chops, film is Meet the Fockers and the person he'd most like to meet is Bill Gates.

References

* [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/44128.html Cricinfo Profile]
* [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6310/6310.html Cricket Archive Statistics]