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Brearley was educated at the City of London School ( where his father Horace, himself a first-class cricketer, was a master ).

While at St. John's College, Cambridge, Brearley excelled at cricket ( he was then a wicketkeeper / batsman ).

After making 76 on first-class debut as a wicketkeeper, he played for Cambridge University between 1961 and 1968 ( captaining the side from 1964 onwards ), first as an undergraduate in the Classical and Moral Sciences tripos, and then as a postgraduate.

While still at Cambridge he was chosen for the MCC tour to South Africa in 1964 – 65, and to captain the MCC Under-25 side in Pakistan in 1966 – 67, when he scored 312 not out against North Zone ( his highest first-class score ) and 223 against the Pakistan Under-25 side he ended the tour with 793 runs from six matches at an average of 132.