Horace Brearley (26 June 1913 – 14 August 2007) was an English

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er and

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. Born in

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, England, Brearley represented

for a solitary

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appearance as a right-handed batsman in 1937, and played for

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in 1949. His appearance with Yorkshire yielded seventeen runs from two innings. He also played for Yorkshire Men's Hockey team whilst in Sheffield. After obtaining a B.Sc. from the

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, he was a teacher at King Edward VII School in Sheffield from 1937 to 1946, interrupted by wartime service as Instructor Lieutenant in the R.N.V.R. He left Sheffield in 1946,List of masters in KES Magazine, Summer 1955
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. He suffered from

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in his last years. His son,

Mike Brearley John Michael Brearley (born 28 April 1942) is a retired English first-class cricketer who captained Cambridge University, Middlesex, and England. He was the captain of the English squad which finished as runners-up at the 1979 Cricket World ...

, captained both

and

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at cricket.

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1913 births 2007 deaths Alumni of the University of Leeds English cricketers Middlesex cricketers Yorkshire cricketers People from Heckmondwike Sportspeople from Kirklees Cricketers from West Yorkshire Minor Counties cricketers Teachers at King Edward VII School, Sheffield 20th-century English sportsmen {{England-cricket-bio-1910s-stub