Cricket – Brian Seebaran

The 182 not out — original scorecard, Vancouver Juniors v Caribe II, August 17, 1991

Original handwritten cricket scorecard, scored by George Berridge: Vancouver Juniors versus Caribe Cricket Club II at Lower Brockton, Vancouver, August 17, 1991, showing B. Seebaran 182 not out and S. Wicks 84 not out, total 311 for 3 declared in 39 overs

The original scorecard of Brian Seebaran's record innings — the actual card kept, in his famously neat hand, by scorer George Berridge, who gave it to Seebaran after the match. B.C. Mainland Cricket League, Third Division, at Lower Brockton (Brockton Point, Stanley Park, Vancouver), August 17, 1991: Vancouver Juniors v Caribe Cricket Club II. Seebaran, aged 15, opened the batting and finished 182 not out. Vancouver Juniors lost three quick wickets — his opening partner (13), Chris Franks (7, lbw) and R. Danda (0) — the wickets falling at 32, 83 and 87, before S. Wicks (84 not out) joined him in an unbroken fourth-wicket stand of 224. The captain declared after 39 overs at 311 for 3, Seebaran carrying his bat with 182 of the runs. Caribe II's bowlers: G. Williams took 2 for 58, H. Grahir 1 for 43, G. Rouse 0 for 64. The innings was the highest individual score by a player from British Columbia in the post-war record books, and Trevor Heaver wrote to Seebaran certifying it as a post-war B.C. record.

Transcription (as printed):

Reading of the handwritten card (scored by George Berridge):

Vancouver Juniors Cricket Club v Caribe II C. Club — Innings of Vancouver Juniors — Played at Lower Brockton on 17 August 1991.

Batting: 1. B. Seebaran — not out — 182. 2. (opening partner; name not clearly legible on the card) — ct Bertrand, b Grahir — 13. 3. C. Franks — LBW, b Williams — 7. 4. R. Danda — b Williams — 0. 5. S. Wicks — not out — 84. Nos. 6 to 11 did not bat.

Runs at the fall of each wicket: 1st wicket — 32; 2nd — 83; 3rd — 87. Extras: 25. TOTAL: 311 for 3 wkts.

Bowling (Caribe II): H. Grahir — 6 overs, 43 runs, 1 wicket. G. Williams — 6 overs, 58 runs, 2 wickets. G. Rouse — 11 overs, 64 runs, 0 wickets. The card’s runs-at-the-end-of-each-over chart closes at 311 in the 39th over, when the innings was declared.

Transcribed from the cleaned scan of the original scorecard, 2026-10-20. Only the entries that are clearly legible are read here.

Source: original match scorecard, B.C. Mainland Cricket League, August 17, 1991.