- Charles Clover-Brown
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Personal information Full name Charles Clover-Brown Born 18 September 1907
Brentford, Middlesex, EnglandDied 6 October 1982 (aged 75)
Hove, Sussex, EnglandBatting style Right-hand Bowling style Leg break Domestic team information Years Team 1935/1936 Ceylon 1926–1933 Buckinghamshire Career statistics Competition First-class Matches 2 Runs scored 144 Batting average 48.00 100s/50s 1/– Top score 100* Balls bowled – Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings –/– 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. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13177/all_teams.html. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Charles Clover-Brown". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13177/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ^ "Dr J Rockwood's Europeans XI v Maharaj Kumar of Vizianagram's XI, 1930/31". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/13/13732.html. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Charles Clover-Brown". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13177/First-Class_Matches.html. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ^ "Ceylon v Indian University Occasionals, 1935". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15622.html. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ^ Woolley, R.H.. "Old Harrovian A.F.C.". www.ohafc.com. http://www.ohafc.com/documents/history%20by%20RHW.html. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
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- People from Brentford
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- Old Harrovians
- English cricketers
- Buckinghamshire cricketers
- All-Ceylon cricketers
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