Sidney Edward James Russell (4 October 1937 – 18 June 1994) was an English cricketer and footballer.

Sid Russell
Personal information
Full name
Sidney Edward James Russell
Born(1937-10-04)4 October 1937
Feltham, Middlesex, England
Died18 June 1994(1994-06-18) (aged 56)
Quebec, Canada
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1960–1964Middlesex
1965–1968Gloucestershire
FC debut21 May 1960 Middlesex v Oxford Univ.
Last FC2 September 1968 Gloucestershire v Somerset
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 142 5
Runs scored 5,464 131
Batting average 23.86 26.20
100s/50s 4/21 0/1
Top score 130 62
Balls bowled 234 8
Wickets 2 1
Bowling average 60.50 4.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 1/8 1/4
Catches/stumpings 41/– 2/–
Source: CricketArchive, 10 September 2008
Sid Russell
Personal information
Position(s) Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1956–1961 Brentford 54 (0)
Bexleyheath & Welling
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sid Russell was born in Feltham, Middlesex and played in 142 first-class cricket matches for Middlesex (1960-1964), Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) (1961) and Gloucestershire (1965-1968) as a sound right-handed batsman, scoring 5,464 runs (average 23.86), with a highest score of 130. He scored 4 centuries and 21 fifties, as well as taking 41 catches.

He played in 61 matches for Middlesex as an uncapped professional. He scored 2,681 runs from 105 innings at an average score of 27.63, with a top score of 130. He scored 1,119 runs at 31.08 in his debut season, a feat that he later repeated for Gloucestershire. He later played club cricket in the Bristol area of Almondsbury and for the Civil Service.

He also played in 54 Football League matches as a left back for Brentford between 1956 and 1961.[1] He died from a heart attack in Quebec, Canada aged 56.

References

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  1. ^ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920-2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. pp. 139–140. ISBN 978-0955294914.