Cyril Rutherford "Snuffy" Browne (8 October 1890 – 12 January 1964) was a West Indian Test cricketer who was a member of the first West Indies Test cricket team, playing against England in 1928.[1]

Snuffy Browne
Personal information
Full name
Cyril Rutherford Browne
Born(1890-10-08)8 October 1890
Robert's Tenantry, St Michael, Barbados
Died12 January 1964(1964-01-12) (aged 73)
Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana
NicknameSnuffy
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RelationsC. A. Browne (brother)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 1)23 June 1928 v England
Last Test21 February 1930 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1921–1938British Guiana
1909–1911Barbados
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 4 74
Runs scored 176 2077
Batting average 25.14 19.97
100s/50s 0/1 3/10
Top score 70* 103
Balls bowled 840 15732
Wickets 6 278
Bowling average 48.00 22.39
5 wickets in innings 0 17
10 wickets in match 0 6
Best bowling 2/72 8/58
Catches/stumpings 1/– 59/–
Source: CricketArchive, 30 January 2010

Browne was born in Robert's Tenantry, St Michael, Barbados. A right-arm medium pace bowler and right-handed batsman, he played first-class cricket for Barbados and British Guiana in a career that extended from 1909 to 1938. His best bowling figures were 5 for 77 and 8 for 58 for British Guiana against Barbados in 1925–26.[2] His highest score was 103, scored in an hour, and the only century in the match, when the touring West Indians beat Kent in 1928.[3][4]

He toured England in 1923, when no Tests were played, and again in 1928. He played two Tests on the 1928 tour and two at home when England visited the West Indies in 1929-30.[4]

At one time he was a magistrate in British Guiana. He was the first West Indian to be elected an honorary life member of the Marylebone Cricket Club. He died in Georgetown, British Guiana, aged 73 years.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Snuffy Browne". Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  2. ^ "British Guiana v Barbados 1925-26". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Kent v West Indians 1928". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  4. ^ a b c Wisden 1965, p. 964.
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