Brian Magee (cricketer)

Brian Magee
Personal information
Full name	Brian Robert Boyd Magee
Born	4 May 1918; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died	May 2006 (aged 87–88); Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Left-arm medium
Domestic team information
1954	Canada
Career statistics
Matches	1
Runs scored	16
Batting average	8.00
100s/50s	–/–
Top score	13
Balls bowled	72
Wickets	1
Bowling average	40.00
5 wickets in innings	–
10 wickets in match	–
Best bowling	1/22
Catches/stumpings	–/–
	Source: Cricinfo, 27 February 2011

Brian Robert Boyd Magee (4 May 1918 – May 2006) was a Canadian cricketer. Magee was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm medium pace. He was born in Toronto, Ontario.

Educated at Radley College in Oxfordshire, England, Magee made a single first-class appearance for Canada in 1954 against Yorkshire at North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough during Canada's 1954 tour of England.^[1] In Canada's first-innings, he scored 3 runs before being dismissed by Fred Trueman and in their second-innings he scored 13 runs before being dismissed by Johnny Wardle. With the ball he took a single wicket, that of England Test cricketer Willie Watson.^[2] In Canada, he also played three matches for Ontario between 1949 and 1952, all against Manitoba. None of these matches held first-class status.^[3]

He died in May 2006, in the city of his birth.

References

^ "First-Class Matches played by Brian Magee". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
^ "Yorkshire v Canadians, 1954". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
^ "Other matches played by Brian Magee". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2011.