Horace Brearley

Horace Brearley (26 June 1913 – 14 August 2007) was an English cricketer and schoolmaster.

Born in Heckmondwike, Yorkshire, England, Brearley represented Yorkshire for a solitary County Championship appearance as a right-handed batsman in 1937, and played for Middlesex in 1949. He also played for Yorkshire Men's Hockey team whilst in Sheffield.

After obtaining a B.Sc. from the University of Leeds, he was a teacher at King Edward VII School in Sheffield from 1937 to 1946, interrupted by wartime service as Instructor Lieutenant in the R.N.V.R. He left Sheffield in 1946, to take up a teaching post at the City of London School. He suffered from Alzheimer's disease in his last years.

His son, Mike Brearley, captained both Middlesex and England at cricket.