Charles Clover-Brown
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| Full name | Charles Clover-Brown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
18 September 1907 Brentford, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
6 October 1982 (aged 75) Hove, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-hand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Leg break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1935/1936 | Ceylon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1926–1933 | Buckinghamshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 25 May 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charles Clover-Brown (18 September 1907 – 6 October 1982) was an English cricketer. Brown was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break. He was born in Brentford, Middlesex and was educated at Harrow School, where he represented and captained the school cricket team.[1]
Clover-Brown made his debut for Buckinghamshire in the 1926 Minor Counties Championship against Hertfordshire. Clover-Brown played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire from 1926 to 1933, which included 10 Minor Counties Championship matches.[2]
Clover-Brown made his first-class debut for Dr J Rockwood's Europeans XI against Maharaj Kumar of Vizianagram's XI in Colombo in December 1930. In this match, he scored 27 runs in the Europeans first-innings before being dismissed by Phiroze Palia, while in their second-innings he scored a single run before being dismissed by Mushtaq Ali.[3] He played his second first-class match 5 years later, playing for Ceylon against the Indian University Occasionals.[4] In this match, he scored 100* in the Ceylon first-innings, while in their second-innings he scored 16 runs before being dismissed by Dev Puri.[5]
He later served as President of Old Harrovians F.C., obtaining the post in 1963.[6] Clover-Brown died in Hove, Sussex on 6 October 1982.
References
- ↑ "Teams Charles Clover-Brown played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ↑ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Charles Clover-Brown". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ↑ "Dr J Rockwood's Europeans XI v Maharaj Kumar of Vizianagram's XI, 1930/31". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Charles Clover-Brown". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ↑ "Ceylon v Indian University Occasionals, 1935". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ↑ Woolley, R.H. "Old Harrovian A.F.C.". www.ohafc.com. Retrieved 25 May 2011.