James Graham-Brown
James Martin Hilary Graham-Brown (born 11 July 1951) is an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Kent, Derbyshire, Cornwall and Dorset between 1974 and 1991.
Graham-Brown was born at Thetford, Norfolk, the son of Lewis Graham-Brown and his wife Elizabeth Blaxland. He started playing for Kent Second XI in 1972, and made his County Championship debut for the club in 1974. Bowling at a steady pace, he played in 7 matches that season. He played once throughout 1975, scoring a duck against Oxford University. After five games in the 1976 season, in which Kent finished in fourteenth place, Graham-Brown moved to Derbyshire in time for the start of the 1977 season.
Graham-Brown's two years with the Peakites were to prove erratic, but after a healthy stint in the first team he was to give up the first-class game in 1978. Graham-Brown took to Minor Counties Cricket in 1981, playing for Cornwall until 1984, and for Dorset between 1989 and 1991.
Graham-Brown's great-uncle, Lionel Blaxland, played first-class cricket for Derbyshire, primarily between 1932 and 1935.
He recently retired[1] as headmaster of the independent girls' school, the Royal High School, Bath on Lansdown in Bath, and now writes plays under the nom de plume of Dougie Blaxland. His daughter, Annie Hemingway is an actress. [2][3]
External links
- James Graham-Brown at Cricket Archive