Brian Poll
{{short description|English cricketer}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Brian Poll
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| country = England
| international =
| fullname = Brian William Poll
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|1|5|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1999|6|18|1941|1|5|df=yes}}
| death_place = England
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| batting = Right-handed
| bowling =
| role = Wicket-keeper
| family =
| club1 = Minor Counties South
| year1 = 1972
| clubnumber1 =
| club2 = Buckinghamshire
| year2 = 1966–1980
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| columns = 1
| column1 = List A
| matches1 = 10
| runs1 = 73
| bat avg1 = 14.60
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 23
| deliveries1 = –
| wickets1 = –
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 6/2
| date = 7 May
| year = 2011
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/19112.html Cricinfo
}}
Brian William Poll (5 January 1941 – 18 June 1999) was an English cricketer. Poll was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
Poll made his debut for Buckinghamshire in the 1966 Minor Counties Championship against Hertfordshire. Poll played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire from 1966 to 1980, which included 131 Minor Counties Championship matches.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34787/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Brian Poll|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 May 2011}} In 1969, he made his List A debut against Middlesex in the Gillette Cup. He played 7 further List A matches for Buckinghamshire, the last coming against Suffolk in the 1979 Gillette Cup. He also played 2 List A matches for Minor Counties South in the 1972 Benson & Hedges Cup against Somerset and Glamorgan.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34787/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Brian Poll|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 May 2011}} In his total of 10 List A matches, he scored 73 runs at a batting average of 14.60, with a high score of 23. Behind the stumps he took 6 catches and made 2 stumpings.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34787/34787.html|title=Player profile: Brian Poll|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 May 2011}}
He died on 18 June 1999.
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External links
- [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/19112.html Brian Poll] at ESPNcricinfo
- [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34787/34787.html Brian Poll] at CricketArchive
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Category:Cricketers from Cheltenham
Category:Buckinghamshire cricketers
Category:Minor Counties cricketers