Matthew Thomas Brimson (born December 1, 1970) is a former English cricketer who gained notoriety by exposing himself in a team photograph that was published in the 2000 Wisden Cricketers Almanack. Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries See also Public indecency, Exhibitionism Indecent exposure is the deliberate exposure by a person of a portion or portions of his or her own body under 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The Wisden Group was a group of companies formed by John Wisden & Co Ltd publishers of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.
Brimson was a Slow Left Arm Orthodox bowler who played for Kent, and then Leicestershire, in the English County Cricket Competition. Left-arm orthodox spin is a style of bowling in the sport of Cricket. Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket structure representing Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket structure representing the historic County cricket is the highest level of domestic Cricket in England and Wales Only moderately successful as a professional cricketer, in 1999 Brimson was apparently frustrated at the management of the Leicestershire county cricket club. When a series of team photographs were taken for the official Wisden almanack, Brimson decided to expose himself for one of the photos. See also Public indecency, Exhibitionism Indecent exposure is the deliberate exposure by a person of a portion or portions of his or her own body under Unluckily for Wisden, the photo that they picked was the offending photograph.
Brimson explained his actions as merely a prank that went wrong, and apologised quickly when his actions were discovered. A prank is defined as "acting like a clown or buffoon" or "dressing showily" or alternatively "a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement" His relations with the Leicestershire club never recovered, and he retired from professional cricket soon afterwards.
The discovery of Brimson's actions caused a furore throughout the cricketing world at the time. Wisden, one of Cricket's oldest established institutions and an expression of the sport's "traditional" side, was embarrassed that the gaffe was not noticed before publication. The photograph of a sportsman exposing himself in the pages of one the world's most "proper" publications was a source of much mirth.
Brimson played for North Devon Cricket Club, and works as a geography teacher and hockey/cricket coach for West Buckland School.
The offending photograph can be found on page 657 of the 2000 Wisden Almanack.
External links
- Career Statistics (Cricinfo)
- County player exposes himself in Wisden
- "He has a cheeky grin on his face, and a quick glance at a region below his navel but above his knees explains why..."
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