Thomas Brown (cricketer, born 1863)

Thomas Austin Brown (11 April 1863 – 12 March 1930) was an English cricketer active in the 1890s and in the first decade of the 1900s. Born at Wollaston, Northamptonshire, Brown was a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast bowler, who played mostly minor counties cricket, but also made twelve appearances in first-class cricket.

Thomas Brown
Personal information
Full nameThomas Austin Brown
Born11 April 1863
Wollaston, Northamptonshire, England
Died12 March 1930(1930-03-12) (aged 66)
Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1897–1899Northamptonshire
1895–1907Bedfordshire
1894–1901Marylebone Cricket Club
Umpiring information
FC umpired246 (1897–1922)
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 12
Runs scored 333
Batting average 17.52
100s/50s –/1
Top score 64*
Balls bowled 693
Wickets 12
Bowling average 28.50
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 6/82
Catches/stumpings 9/–
Source: Cricinfo, 8 October 2013

Career

Brown made his first-class debut in 1894 for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Leicestershire at Lord's, a season in which he made two further first-class appearances for the MCC against Yorkshire and Cambridge University.[1] The following season he played in Bedfordshire's inaugural Minor Counties Championship match against Wiltshire.[2] In that same season he toured Ireland with the MCC, playing in the only first-class match on the tour against Dublin University, as well playing against Kent later in the English season.[1] He appeared once in first-class cricket for the MCC in 1896 against Essex,[1] but didn't feature for Bedfordshire in minor counties cricket.[2] He joined Northamptonshire in 1897, making his debut for the county against Staffordshire in the Minor Counties Championship.[2] Brown played for Northamptonshire until 1899, during which time he made 24 appearances for the county in minor counties cricket.[2] 1899 also saw him play a single first-class match for the MCC against Nottinghamshire.[1]

He rejoined Bedfordshire in 1900,[2] in addition to making three first-class appearances for the MCC in that season.[1] This was followed in 1901 by two final first-class appearances for the MCC against Lancashire and Kent.[1] Brown continued to play minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire until 1907, making a total of 73 appearances for the county in his second—spell, to add to the eight appearances in made in his debut season of 1895.[2] In all, Brown made twelve first-class appearances, all for the MCC.[1] In these he scored a total of 333 runs at an average of 17.52, with a high score of 64 not out,[3] which came against Leicestershire on his first-class debut in 1894.[4] Described by Wisden as a ″good fast right-handed bowler″,[5] Brown took 12 wickets at an average of 28.50, with one five wicket haul of 6/82,[6] which came against Cambridge University in 1900.[7]

Brown was also a noted umpire, first standing as one in first-class cricket in 1897. After a decline in his health led to Brown giving up playing, he stood regularly as an umpire.[5] Between 1906 and 1922, he stood in 243 first-class matches.[8] He died at Dunstable, Bedfordshire on 12 March 1930.

References
  1. "First-Class Matches played by Thomas Brown". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  2. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Thomas Brown". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  3. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Thomas Brown". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  4. "Marylebone Cricket Club v Leicestershire, 1894". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  5. "Obituaries in 1930". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  6. "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Thomas Brown". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  7. "Cambridge University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1900". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  8. "Thomas Brown as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
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