Horace Brearley was an English cricketer and schoolmaster. Born in Heckmondwike, Yorkshire, Brearley represented Yorkshire as a right-handed batsman in 1937 and Middlesex in 1949. He also played for Yorkshire Men's Hockey team whilst in Sheffield. After obtaining a B. Sc. from the University of Leeds, 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.

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  • Horace Brearley was an English cricketer and schoolmaster. Born in Heckmondwike, Yorkshire, Brearley represented Yorkshire as a right-handed batsman in 1937 and Middlesex in 1949. He also played for Yorkshire Men's Hockey team whilst in Sheffield. After obtaining a B. Sc. from the University of Leeds, 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, to take up a teaching post at the City of London School. He suffered from Alzheimer's disease in his last years. His son, Mike Brearley, captained Middlesex and England at cricket.
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  • Horace Brearley was an English cricketer and schoolmaster. Born in Heckmondwike, Yorkshire, Brearley represented Yorkshire as a right-handed batsman in 1937 and Middlesex in 1949. He also played for Yorkshire Men's Hockey team whilst in Sheffield. After obtaining a B. Sc. from the University of Leeds, 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.
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  • Horace Brearley
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