Brian Magee (cricketer)

{{short description|Canadian cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

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| country = England

| fullname = Brian Robert Boyd Magee

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1918|5|4}}

| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

| death_date = May {{death year and age|2006|1918}}

| death_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Left-arm medium

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| club1 = Canada

| year1 = 1954

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| columns = 1

| column1 = FC

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 16

| bat avg1 = 8.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 13

| deliveries1 = 72

| wickets1 = 1

| bowl avg1 = 40.00

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 1/22

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 27 February

| year = 2011

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/23836.html Cricinfo

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Brian Robert Boyd Magee (4 May 1918 – May 2006) was a Canadian cricketer. Magee was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm medium pace. He was born in Toronto, Ontario.

Educated at Radley College in Oxfordshire, England, Magee made a single first-class appearance for Canada in 1954 against Yorkshire at North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough during Canada's 1954 tour of England.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31162/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Brian Magee|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=27 February 2011}} In Canada's first-innings, he scored 3 runs before being dismissed by Fred Trueman and in their second-innings he scored 13 runs before being dismissed by Johnny Wardle. With the ball he took a single wicket, that of England Test cricketer Willie Watson.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21330.html|title=Yorkshire v Canadians, 1954|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=27 February 2011}} In Canada, he also played three matches for Ontario between 1949 and 1952, all against Manitoba. None of these matches held first-class status.{{cite web|url-access=subscription|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31162/Other_matches.html|title=Other matches played by Brian Magee|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=27 February 2011|archive-date=28 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628230457/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31162/Other_matches.html|url-status=dead}}

He died in May 2006, in the city of his birth.