Career
He played Australian rules football at a high level, winning a premiership with Claremont in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL), but is best known for his cricket career. A right-handed all-rounder, Brayshaw played over 100 first-class games for Western Australia, and captained the side on several occasions. He is the most recent Australian to do southern
Brayshaw later worked in the media with the American Broadcasting Company and Channel Ten in Western Australia, as well as co-authoring sporting books
He was the expert commentator on American Broadcasting Company Radio when Trevor Chappell bowled the infamous underarm ball during a one-day match between Australia and New Zealand. Brayshaw is the father of James Brayshaw, a former state cricketer with Western Australia and South Australia, media personality on Channel Nine and Chairman of the North Melbourne Australia Rules football club, and Mark Brayshaw, a former Kangaroos American Federation of Labor-Congress football player.
