James Brown (cricketer)
 Scotland (SCO) | ||
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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman | |
| Bowling type | - | |
| First-class record | ||
| Matches | 59 | |
| Runs scored | 1306 | |
| Batting average | 19.49 | |
| 100s/50s | 0/4 | |
| Top score | 90 | |
| Balls bowled | - | |
| Wickets | - | |
| Bowling average | - | |
| 5 wickets in innings | - | |
| 10 wickets in match | - | |
| Best Bowling | - | |
| Catches/Stumpings | 83/22 | |
| First class debut: -, 1953 Last first class game: -, 1973 Source: | ||
James "Jimmy" Brown MBE (24 September 1931 – 8 December 2014) was a Scottish first-class cricketer. He played as a wicket-keeper and took a record 119 catches and 40 stumpings for them. In first-class cricket his tally of 105 dismissals is easily the most by a cricketer for Scotland.
In club cricket for Perthshire and took 674 dismissals. He was awarded the MBE in the 1974 New Year Honours.[1]
He died on 8 December 2014 at the age of 83.[2]
References
- ↑ The Cricketer, February 1974, p. 3.
- ↑ http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/obituaries/jimmy-brown.114614165
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