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William Richard Brinsley MBE (9 March 1887 – 21 January 1959) was a New Zealand cricketer, manufacturer and sports administrator. He played two first-class matches for Otago in 1917/18.

Brinsley attended Otago Boys' High School in Dunedin, and later was one of the founders and the first captain of the Old Boys Cricket Club in Dunedin senior cricket. He became a prominent sports administrator in Dunedin. Among the offices he held, he was president of the Otago Cricket Association, president of the Otago Lawn Tennis Association, and president of the Dunedin Badminton Club. He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1957 Queen's Birthday Honours, for services to the community in the field of sport.

Brinsley was the managing director of Radiation (N.Z.) Ltd, manufacturers of coal and gas cooking ranges.

References

1. "William Brinsley". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
2. "A Fine Record". Otago Daily Times: 4. 27 November 1941.
3. "Cricket Association". Otago Daily Times: 6. 2 October 1942.
4. "Busy Season". Otago Daily Times: 10. 8 September 1950.
5. "Farewell To Badminton Champion". Otago Daily Times: 2. 11 August 1950.
6. "No. 41091". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 13 June 1957. p. 3412.
7. "Tariff Revision". Evening Star: 11. 12 September 1933.

External links

• William Brinsley at ESPNcricinfo

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