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John Michael Brearley OBE ( born 28 April 1942 ) is a retired English first-class cricketer who captained Cambridge University, Middlesex, and England in 31 of his 39 Test matches, winning 17 and losing only 4.

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These include: Potter's Tavern, said to have been built in the 1750s, but restored to its appearance in 1776 when it was home to The Plain Dealer, considered New Jersey's first newspaper ; Brearley ( Masonic ) Lodge, founded by General James Giles in 1795, and still active ; the so-called " Nail House " ( c. 1815 ; second build c. 1855 ), administrative home of the Cumberland Nail & Iron Works that established Bridgeton's industrial prowess in the early nineteenth century ; the first Cumberland National Bank building ( 1816 ), only the second bank chartered in New Jersey ( now part of the Bridgeton Library ); and the David Sheppard House ( 1791 ), recently restored with assistance from the Garden State Historic Trust and home to the Cousteau Coastal Center of Rutgers University since 2008.
Schools in the district ( with 2009-10 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics ) are Harding Elementary School ( PreK-6 ; 709 students ), David Brearley Middle School ( Grades 7 and 8, operated as a school within the High School ) and
Public school students from Kenilworth attend David Brearley High School, as well as from Winfield Township, who attend as part of a sending / receiving relationship with the Winfield Township School District.
Boycott suffered a scratch on his cornea and missed the last two days of the final match, and by the start of the 1978 season, Brearley had taken the captaincy back from Boycott.
Arlott received support from many people over his uncompromising stand, including future England captain, Mike Brearley, who called for the cessation of all South African tours and the Reverend David Sheppard, who had been one of the first players to speak out against apartheid and who had also previously refused to play against the 1960 South African touring side.
Middlesex's most successful period coincided with the captaincies of Mike Brearley and Mike Gatting from 1971 to 1997.
With half-centuries from Gatting and Brearley, England reached 261 before the match ended as a draw.
Englishman Mike Brearley ( his opposite number in the 1978 – 79 series ) noted that Yallop used to "... slide his back foot to and fro in a grandmotherly shuffle ... More than most Test players, Yallop can range from the inept to the masterly.
* Elizabeth Fishel, journalist and writer, in 2000 published a book profiling 10 of her Brearley classmates from the class of 1968, Reunion: The Girls We Used to Be, the Women We Became
In 2000, Fishel published her fourth book profiling 10 of her classmates from the class of 1968 at Brearley School titled Reunion: The Girls We Used to Be, the Women We Became.
Coming to the crease in the second innings with England at 135-7, 92 runs in arrears, Dilley had no orders from his captain, Mike Brearley, when he joined Ian Botham at the crease.
A native New Yorker, Betsy Gotbaum attended The Brearley School and graduated from The Masters School in Dobbs Ferry in 1956.
Captained by fellow Wisden Cricketers of the Year Brearley, he took two catches and a stumping, and score a lengthy 32 from 158 deliveries supporting Geoff Miller who was eventually stranded on 98.

Brearley and Test
Brearley surprisingly agreed to be reappointed before the Third Test at Headingley.
Mike Brearley, the captain whom Botham had replaced, took up the reins again for the Third Test scheduled for 16 to 21 July, at Headingley.
It was between this match and the third Test that Brearley broke his arm, giving Boycott the captaincy.
Having passed the England captaincy to Ian Botham in 1980 ( losing his Test place in the process ), Brearley returned as captain following Botham's resignation for the famous third Test against Australia at Headingley in 1981, famously going on to win the match and two of the remaining three matches of the series to win the Ashes 3-1.
Brearley convinced the Selectors to retain Greig for the last Test, and requested that he received a share of any bonus due to the team.
Cricket writer, Colin Bateman noted, concerning Emburey's participation in two South African rebel tours that it " cost him six lost years as far as Test cricket was concerned ... and, more significantly, probably an extended run as England captain, a job for which he was better suited than some who held the position post-Mike Brearley ".
On 27 January 1979, Geoffrey Boycott and Brearley walked out to bat at the Adelaide Oval for the fifth Test, having been put in by Australia.
Taylor's 208 runs at 26. 00 outscored captain Brearley, and he ended the Test series with 18 catches and two stumpings.

Brearley and cricket
Brearley is a flood plain but it is also the playing fields for Calder High School and a number of local football, rugby league and cricket teams.
While at St. John's College, Cambridge, Brearley excelled at cricket ( he was then a wicketkeeper / batsman ).
Brearley opposed sporting links with apartheid South Africa, seconding a motion to the MCC in 1968 calling for the cessation of tours until there was actual progress towards non-racial cricket.
Bloomer also played cricket at the camp and in May 1915 a Rubleben XI, featuring Bloomer and Brearley, played a Varsities XI in the Rubleban Cricket League.

Brearley and 1979
* 1979 show: Anna Ford, Mike Brearley, Melvyn Bragg, Clive Jenkins
Brearley was captain during the infamous aluminium bat incident in 1979, when he objected to Dennis Lillee's use of the bat, instead of one made of willow.
Brearley also captained England to the final of the 1979 Cricket World Cup, scoring 53 in the semi-final against New Zealand and 64 in the final against the West Indies.

Brearley and was
The next day, Saturday, was a disaster for England: Gooch was out in the first over of the day, and although Boycott and Brearley then attempted to dig in, they were both out before lunch.
* Tony Siragusa, Indianapolis Colts and Baltimore Ravens defensive tackle, was born and raised in Kenilworth and starred in football and wrestling for David Brearley High School.
Kenneth Baxter was a prominent executive with the Seagrams Distillery Co. and she was raised in New York City, where she attended Brearley.
Applying for a commercial pilot's licence on 2 June 1921 ( in which he gave his name as ' Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith '), he became one of Australia's first airline pilots when he was chosen by Norman Brearley to fly for the newly formed West Australian Airways.
Saint Phalle enrolled at the prestigious Brearley School in New York City, but she was dismissed for painting fig leaves red on the school's statuary.
Appointed vice-captain for the tour of Pakistan and New Zealand that winter, Boycott assumed the captaincy in 1978 for two Tests when Mike Brearley was injured, and brought with him his successful summer form.
The team in probable batting order was: Jack Hobbs, Mike Brearley, Vivian Richards, Learie Constantine, Ted Dexter, Ian Botham, Keith Miller, Wilfred Rhodes, George Brown ( WK ), Jim Laker and Wes Hall.
Moulton was born in New York City, New York, and attended The Brearley School in New York City's Manhattan borough.
Brearley was educated at the City of London School ( where his father Horace, himself a first-class cricketer, was a master ).
In part because of his pursuit of an academic career as a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, which limited his cricketing activity in 1969 and 1970, Brearley was not selected for England until the age of 34 in 1976.
" Brearley " not to be confused with Brierley Hill ), and most of the Ettingshall area were incorporated into Wolverhampton County Borough instead, while a smaller area ( the south of the Brierley area ) bordering Tipton was transferred into the expanded borough of West Bromwich, in turn becoming part of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough in 1974.
After four deliveries and three runs, England captain Mike Brearley complained it was damaging the ball.
Botham, who had captained the side until then, was sacked and replaced by Brearley.
His cricketing nous was used by both Tony Lewis and Tony Greig when they led the national team, but the appointment of Mike Brearley to the role in 1977 appeared to indicate that Fletcher's further involvement would be limited.

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