Thomas Austin Brown (11 April 1863 – 12 March 1930) was an English cricketer active in the 1890s and in the first decade of the 1900s. Born at Wollaston, Northamptonshire, Brown was a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast bowler, who played mostly minor counties cricket, but also made twelve appearances in first-class cricket.

Career

Brown made his first-class debut in 1894 for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Leicestershire at Lord's, a season in which he made two further first-class appearances for the MCC against Yorkshire and Cambridge University. ^[1] The following season he played in Bedfordshire's inaugural Minor Counties Championship match against Wiltshire. ^[2] In that same season he toured Ireland with the MCC, playing in the only first-class match on the tour against Dublin University, as well playing against Kent later in the English season. ^[1] He appeared once in first-class cricket for the MCC in 1896 against Essex, ^[1] but didn't feature for Bedfordshire in minor counties cricket. ^[2] He joined Northamptonshire in 1897, making his debut for the county against Staffordshire in the Minor Counties Championship. ^[2] Brown played for Northamptonshire until 1899, during which time he made 24 appearances for the county in minor counties cricket. ^[2] 1899 also saw him play a single first-class match for the MCC against Nottinghamshire. ^[1]

He rejoined Bedfordshire in 1900, ^[2] in addition to making three first-class appearances for the MCC in that season. ^[1] This was followed in 1901 by two final first-class appearances for the MCC against Lancashire and Kent. ^[1] Brown continued to play minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire until 1907, making a total of 73 appearances for the county in his second—spell, to add to the eight appearances in made in his debut season of 1895. ^[2] In all, Brown made twelve first-class appearances, all for the MCC. ^[1] In these he scored a total of 333 runs at an average of 17.52, with a high score of 64 not out, ^[3] which came against Leicestershire on his first-class debut in 1894. ^[4] Described by Wisden as a ″good fast right-handed bowler″, ^[5] Brown took 12 wickets at an average of 28.50, with one five wicket haul of 6/82, ^[6] which came against Cambridge University in 1900. ^[7]

Brown was also a noted umpire, first standing as one in first-class cricket in 1897. After a decline in his health led to Brown giving up playing, he stood regularly as an umpire. ^[5] Between 1906 and 1922, he stood in 243 first-class matches. ^[8] He died at Dunstable, Bedfordshire on 12 March 1930.

References

External links

• Thomas Brown at ESPNcricinfo
• Thomas Brown at CricketArchive