14 Facts About Brian Timms

Brian Timms began his cricket career at Hampshire as an apprentice to wicket-keeper Leo Harrison, who Timms would replace after he retired.

Brian Timms played for Hampshire in the inaugural season of the Second XI Championship in 1959, and in that same season he played two first-class matches against Cambridge University and Oxford University.

Harrison was injured in 1960, and as a result Timms made seventeen first-class appearances, sixteen of which came in the County Championship.

Brian Timms sustained facial injuries, for which he was treated at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital.

Harrison was again injured for part of the 1961 season, as Hampshire chased their first County Championship title, with Brian Timms deputising in two Championship matches in June.

Brian Timms played a further six matches in 1962, with Harrison retiring at the end of that season.

Brian Timms played thirty times in 1963, scoring 414 runs at an average of 12.17, while in his capacity as wicket-keeper he took 57 catches and made thirteen stumpings.

Brian Timms played the same amount of matches the following season, scoring 595 runs and recording three half centuries, while taking 58 catches and completing nineteen stumpings.

Brian Timms played a further thirty first-class matches in 1965, and although he scored fewer runs, he did take more catches behind the stumps, with 73.

Brian Timms remained consistent in first-class cricket, scoring over 1,500 runs from 1966 to 1968, whilst facilitating over fifty dismissals behind the stumps in each of those seasons.

Brian Timms retired from playing at the end of the 1968 season, in order to concentrate on business commitments.

Brian Timms was succeeded as Hampshire's wicket-keeper for the 1969 season by Bob Stephenson.

Shortly after retiring from the professional game, Brian Timms was approached by Warwickshire to deputise for Alan Smith when he was on Test selection duty; he did not however formally join the staff at Warwickshire.

Brian Timms first represented Warwickshire against Northamptonshire in the 1969 County Championship, covering for Smith until 1971.