Full name Richard Mead-Briggs Name Richard Mead-Briggs 1946 Warwickshire | Batting style Right-handed Role Cricket Player | |
Born 25 March 1902 ( 1902-03-25 ) Canterbury, Kent, England Died May 15, 1956, Harborne, Birmingham, United Kingdom | ||
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast | ||
Richard Mead-Briggs (25 March 1902 – 15 May 1956) was an English cricketer. Mead-Briggs was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born at Canterbury, Kent.
Mead-Briggs made two first-class appearances for Warwickshire against Sussex and Leicestershire in the 1946 County Championship. Against Sussex, Mead-Briggs bowled 14 wicketless overs in Sussex's first-innings total of 224. He was dismissed for 2 runs in Warwickshire's first-innings of 237 by Edward Harrison. The match ended in a draw. Against Leicestershire, he ended not out on 44 in Warwickshire's first-innings total of 368, while in Leicestershire's first-innings he took what would be his only first-class wicket when he dismissed Vic Jackson, finishing with figures of 1/44 from 21 overs. He wasn't required to bat in Warwickshire's second-innings and in Leicestershire's second-innings he bowled 5 wicketless overs, with Warwickshire winning by 229 runs. These were his only major appearances for Warwickshire.
He died at Harborne, Warwickshire on 15 May 1956.