Brian Charles Rose (born 4 June 1950) is an English former

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er, who played in nine

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and two

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s (ODIs) for the

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between 1977 and 1981.

Biography

Rose was educated at Weston-super-Mare Grammar School for Boys. He trained as a teacher before pursuing a successful county career with

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. A left-handed opening batsman, he succeeded

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in 1978, and he led the county to their first ever trophies, the Gillette Cup and the

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, in 1979. The team was a potent blend of world-class match winners in

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and

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, county professionals and keen youngsters. Rose made the infamous decision to declare Somerset's innings closed in a

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zonal match after one over, to ensure their progress through the group on run-rate. While within the rules, Somerset were ejected from the competition for bringing the game into disrepute, and Rose was condemned in the press. Rose was called up by England for the 1977-8 tours of Pakistan and New Zealand, after a number of players (such as

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and

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) became unavailable due to their involvement in

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. Initially he struggled in Test cricket, although he did make 54 on his

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debut, and he was dropped for two years after his fifth Test. Helped perhaps by

's captaincy of England, Rose was recalled to the Test team in 1980, and batted as well as anyone against the fearsome

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attack in

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, making 243 runs at 48.60, including a highest Test score of 70 (out of a total of 150) at

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. He developed eye problems, had to return early from the tour of West Indies that year, and batted with glasses for the rest of his career. In 270 first-class matches he scored 13,236 runs at 33.25 with a career best of 205. He resumed teaching after retiring from the first-class game, but maintained his involvement with Somerset. In 2007 he was named part of the committee to review English cricket after the defeat in the 2006-7 Ashes series. A past Chairman of Cricket, he became the Director of Cricket at

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, but stood down at the end of the 2012 season. In 2013 he was reported to be working as a consultant with

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rose, Brian 1950 births Living people England Test cricketers England One Day International cricketers English cricketers Cricketers from Dartford Somerset cricket captains Wisden Cricketers of the Year Somerset County Cricket Club presidents