Lionel Brown

Lionel George Brown (23 April 1872 – 16 December 1938) was an English cricketer. Brown was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Ancaster, Lincolnshire and educated at Bedford Modern School and Merton College, Oxford.[1]

Lionel Brown
Personal information
Full nameLionel George Brown
Born(1872-04-24)24 April 1872
Ancaster, Lincolnshire, England
Died16 December 1938(1938-12-16) (aged 66)
Chapel and Hill Chorlton, Staffordshire, England
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1902–1903Bedfordshire
1901Berkshire
1895–1900Bedfordshire
1892Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 22
Batting average 11.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 14
Balls bowled
Wickets
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 9 December 2011

Brown made a single first-class appearance for Oxford University against the Gentlemen of England at University Parks in 1892.[2] In his match, he scored 8 runs in the university's first-innings, before being dismissed by Sammy Woods, while in their second-innings he was dismissed by John Ferris for 14 runs. The Gentlemen of England won the match by 10 wickets.[3] Having played miscellaneous matches for Bedfordshire from 1891,[4] Brown proceeded to make his Minor Counties Championship debut for the county against Wiltshire. He made five further appearances to 1900, before playing two matches for Berkshire in the 1901 Minor Counties Championship against Oxfordshire and Monmouthshire. He later made two appearances in the Minor Counties Championship for Bedfordshire, against Oxfordshire in 1902 and Cambridgeshire in 1903.[5]

He died at Chorlton, near Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, on 16 December 1938.

References

  1. "Oxford men, 1880-1892, with a record of their schools, honours and degrees". Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  2. "First-Class Matches played by Lionel Brown". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  3. "Oxford University v Gentlemen of England, 1892". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  4. "Other matches played by Lionel Brown". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  5. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Lionel Brown". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
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