Brian Charles Hall (born 2 March 1934) is a former English

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er who played

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for

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, making a total of three appearances (none of them in the

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) in 1956 and 1957. Hall played a few times for

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's Second XI in 1954 and 1955, but he never made a first-class appearance for the county. His debut came at the end of June 1956 when Worcestershire played

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; he took all three of his first-class wickets in this game, dismissing Jimmy Allan twice, and made his highest score of 21 in the first innings. In the two matches he played in 1957 – against Oxford University once again and Combined Services – he took no wickets and scored one run. Hall never played first-class cricket again. Hall went on to take over 1720 wickets for Stanmore Cricket Club and captained the club 1966–1970.

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