Brian Bassano
Brian Sidney Bassano (born in East London, Cape Province, Union of South Africa, on 21 March 1936, died in Launceston, Tasmania, on 10 July 2001) was a South African journalist and cricket historian.
Life and career
[edit]Bassano moved from South Africa to the UK in 1961, playing club cricket in England. He returned to South Africa in 1966 and became a journalist and a cricket commentator on SABC radio.[1] With Donald Woods, he formed one of the first multiracial club teams in South Africa, the Rainbow Cricket Club in East London.[2]
Bassano became a prolific historian of South Africa's international cricket up to 1970, and made a 30-part television history of South Africa's Test history from 1888 to 1970 for SABC.[3] He moved to Australia in 1988. Several of his histories were published posthumously.
His son Chris played first-class cricket for Derbyshire and Tasmania.
Books
[edit]- South Africa in International Cricket 1888–1970 1979
- The Best of South African Sport: Rob Armitage Benefit Year 1987 (editor)
- The West Indies in Australia 1930-31 (with Rick Smith) 1990
- A Springbok Down Under: South Africa on Tour, 1931-32 (with Rick Smith) 1991 (based on the diary of Ken Viljoen)
- Vic's Boys: Australia in South Africa 1935-36 1993
- South African Cricket: Vol. 4, 1947–1960 1996
- South Africa versus England: 106 Years of Test Match Glory 1996
- MCC in South Africa 1938-39 1997
- Aubrey Faulkner: His Record Innings by Innings 2001
- Mann's Men: MCC in South Africa 1922-23 2004
- The Visit of Mr W. W. Read's 1891-92 English Cricket Team to South Africa (with Rick Smith) 2007
- Maiden Victory: The 1935 South African Tour of England (with Rick Smith) 2012
- South African Test Cricketers 1888-89 – 1969-70 (edited by Rick Smith) 2022
References
[edit]- ^ Bassano, Brian (2001). Aubrey Faulkner. Nottingham: ACS. p. i. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ Wisden 2002, p. 1558.
- ^ Frith, David (7 July 2014). "A moving record". Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
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