Charles Atherton Brown (8 June 1854 – 8 July 1917) was an Australian-born English cricketer. Brown was a right-handed batsman who bowled left-arm roundarm fast.
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| Full name | Charles Atherton Brown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 June 1854 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 July 1917 (aged 63) Grendon, Warwickshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm roundarm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1876–1878 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 20 June 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown was born at Sydney, New South Wales. He made his first-class debut for Sussex against Kent in 1876 at the County Ground, Hove. He made ten further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Kent 1876 at the Higher Common Ground, Tunbridge Wells.[1] In his eleven first-class matches for Sussex, he took 25 wickets at an average of 23.00, with best figures of 7/58.[2] These figures, which were one of two five-wicket hauls he took, came against Gloucestershire in 1877.[3] With the bat, he scored 137 runs at a batting average of 9.13, with a high score of 26.[4]
Brown died at the now demolished Grendon Hall in Grendon, Warwickshire, on 8 July 1917.
References
edit- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Charles Brown". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
- ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Charles Brown". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
- ^ "Sussex v Gloucestershire, 1877". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Cahrles Brown". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 June 2012.