John Brian Furniss, known as Brian Furniss (16 November 1934 – 19 September 2013) was an English

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er who played first-class cricket for

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in 1955 and 1956. Furniss was born in

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. He joined Derbyshire in 1955 and played mainly in the Second XI, but made his first-class debut in a victory against

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in August 1955. He played three first-class matches in 1956 – two games in the County Championship at the beginning of the 1956 season and one more game against

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. He continued playing in the Minor Counties Championship for the Derbyshire Second XI until 1958. Furniss was a right-arm medium-fast bowler and took seven first-class wickets at an average of 37.00 and a best performance of 3 for 52. He was a right-handed batsman and played five innings at the tail end in four first-class matches with an average of 2.25 and a top score of 6.Brian Furniss at Cricket Archive
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on 19 September 2013.

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