David J. Brown (cricketer)
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Full name | David John Brown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 30 January 1942 Walsall, Staffordshire, England | (age 82)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 429) | 22 July 1965 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 24 July 1969 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 9 February 2020 |
David John Brown (born 30 January 1942)[1] is an English former cricketer who played in twenty six Test matches between 1965 and 1969. Cricket writer Colin Batemen described Brown as a "rangy, popular paceman...[with] gutsy determination and uncomplaining effort".[1]
Life and career
Educated at Queen Mary's Grammar School, Brown made his Warwickshire debut in 1961. A dependable seam bowler in the English tradition, Brown used his full 6' 4" to extract bounce from any wicket, an attribute which enabled him to be as effective on hard wickets on tour as he was on green pitches at home. He overcame injury to take 1,165 first-class wickets and play regularly for England in the late 1960s, taking 79 wickets.
His most famous bowling was in the
He was a good close to the wicket fielder and famously held two crucial catches off the bowling of Derek Underwood as England snatched victory late on the final day of the last test match against Australia at the Oval in 1968, to square the series 2-2.
In the first half of 1969, Brown took fourteen wickets at 20 apiece as England easily accounted for the
His leadership skills were rewarded with the vice-captaincy on the
Brown's best bowling figures in Test and first-class cricket were both achieved at Lord's. In 1968 he took 5 for 42 against Australia,[4] and in 1975 he took 8 for 60 against Middlesex.[5] His highest Test score of 44 not out was made at Lahore in February 1969.[6] His highest first-class score of 79 came against Derbyshire at Edgbaston in 1972.[7]
Brown established the Furnace Mill Stud farm at Kidderminster in 1976 to breed racehorses. Amongst the horses bred at Furnace Mill is Bolshoi, winner of the
References
- ^ ISBN 1-869833-21-X.
- E.W. Swanton, Swanton in Australia, with MCC 1946–75, Fontana, 1977
- ISBN 978-1-84607-880-4.
- ^ "2nd Test, England v Australia, 1968". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ "Middlesex v Warks, 1975". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ "1st Test, England v Pakistan, 1968-69". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ "Warks v Derbys, 1972". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ Peacock, Tom (16 July 2019). "David Brown of Furnace Mill Stud among the winners at TBA Flat Awards". Racing Post.