William Bryan Stott was born on 18 July 1934 and is an English former professional cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1952 to 1963.
17 Facts About Bryan Stott
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Bryan Stott played three first-class matches for the Combined Services from 1955 to 1956.
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Bryan Stott completed 17 career centuries with highest scores of 186 against Warwickshire at Edgbaston in 1960, and 181 against Essex at Bramall Lane in 1957.
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Bryan Stott was a right-arm off break bowler, though he was rarely called upon, and he took only seven career wickets at an average of 16.00 runs per wicket.
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Bryan Stott generally fielded at cover point and completed 91 career catches.
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Bryan Stott was a member of Yorkshire's title-winning teams in 1960,1962 and 1963.
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Bryan Stott made his Minor Counties Championship debut for the Yorkshire Second XI in the same season, and his first-class debut in 1952.
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Bryan Stott joined the Royal Air Force for his national service and played for the RAF cricket team in minor matches.
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Bryan Stott played in three first-class matches for the Combined Services between 1955 and 1956.
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Bryan Stott was opening the innings at this time and he gave immediate notice of Yorkshire's intent by driving the first ball of the innings back over bowler Ian Thomson's head for six.
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Bryan Stott was eventually out for 96 and Padgett for 79 but they had won the match and Yorkshire achieved the target after only 95 minutes for the loss of five wickets.
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Trueman said Bryan Stott had run so many singles in a short time that he was "absolutely knackered" when he came back to the dressing room where he "spent five minutes with a cup of tea, sitting staring at the floor".
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Bryan Stott was surprisingly successful and took the wickets of Edrich, Bernie Constable, Stewart Storey and Tony Lock in only ten overs.
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In 1963, his final season, Bryan Stott played in two Gillette Cup matches, scoring a total of 30 runs.
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Yorkshire won by 92 runs but it was not a good match for Bryan Stott who was out for 0 and 3.
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Bryan Stott was plagued by injuries in 1963 and missed several matches, as did his team-mates Ray Illingworth, Doug Padgett and Ken Taylor.
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Towards the end of the season, Bryan Stott announced his retirement from cricket.