Brian Andrew Courtice (born 30 March 1961) is an Australian cricketer. He played in 49 first-class and 16 List A matches for Queensland between 1982 and 1988.[1]
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| Full name | Brian Andrew Courtice | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 March 1961 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-pace | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1982–83 to 1987–88 | Queensland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 6 July 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born in Brisbane, Courtice attended Brisbane Boys' College and the University of Queensland.[2] He was an opening batsman. He made his highest first-class score of 144 in the 1983–84 Sheffield Shield, when he and Robbie Kerr put on 289 for the first wicket against Victoria.[3] In 1985–86 he toured Zimbabwe with the Young Australia XI, when he also opened the batting with Kerr.[4]
Courtice left first-class cricket in the late 1980s when he decided to concentrate on his law studies. He was 26 when he played his last match for Queensland.[5] He set a record for the Queensland Cricket Association competition in 1992–93 when he scored 949 runs.[5]
Courtice is the managing director of his own legal practice, Courtice Legal in Brisbane.[6]
References edit
- ^ "Andrew Courtice". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ^ Dawson, Andrew (7 February 2023). "Here are the best GPS First XI stars never to play a Test". Courier-Mail. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ "Victoria v Queensland 1983-84". Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ "Young Australia in Zimbabwe 1985/86". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ a b The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket, Oxford, Melbourne, 1996, p. 125.
- ^ "Courtice Legal". Courtice Legal. Retrieved 6 July 2023.