David Brown (cricketer born 1941)

Personal information
Full name	David Basil Stuart Brown
Born	14 June 1941(1941-06-14) Insch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Died	11 March 2011(2011-03-11) (aged 69) Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Batting style	Left-handed
International information
National side	Scotland
Career statistics
Competition	First-class
Matches	3
Runs scored	115
Batting average	19.16
100s/50s	–/1
Top score	58
Balls bowled	–
Wickets	–
Bowling average	–
5 wickets in innings	–
10 wickets in match	–
Best bowling	–
Catches/stumpings	2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 6 April 2011

David Basil Stuart Brown (14 June 1941 – 11 March 2011) was a Scottish cricketer. Brown was a left-handed batsman. He was born in Insch, Aberdeenshire.

Brown made his first-class debut for Scotland against Ireland in 1973. He played two further first-class matches, which came against the same opposition in 1974 and 1975.^[1] In his three first-class matches, he scored 115 runs at a batting average of 19.16, with a single half century high score of 58.^[2]

Outside of first-class cricket, Brown was capped a further 16 times for Scotland, one of which he played a non first-class match against the touring Indians.^[3] He also played cricket for Aberdeenshire Cricket Club, who he captained in 1974 and 1975.^[4] As a professional career, Brown was a police officer. He joined Grampian Police in 1960 and over the course of the next two decades he moved up through the ranks to become an Inspector.^[4] He played cricket for the Scottish and British police cricket teams.^[4]

In November 2010, Brown was inducted into Aberdeen's sporting hall of fame, alongside Sir Alex Ferguson and Katherine Grainger.^[4] Brown died on March 11, 2011, just months after being diagnosed with a brain tumor.^[4]

References

1. ^ "First-Class Matches played by David Brown". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/26/26958/First-Class_Matches.html. Retrieved 6 April 2011. 
2. ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by David Brown". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/26/26958/f_Batting_by_Team.html. Retrieved 6 April 2011. 
3. ^ "Other matches played by David Brown". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/26/26958/Other_matches.html. Retrieved 6 April 2011. 
4. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Death of former Scottish international cricketer David Brown". Cricket Scotland. http://www.cricketscotland.com/DavidBrownDeceased. Retrieved 6 April 2011. 

External links

• David Brown at ESPNcricinfo
• David Brown at CricketArchive

Persondata
Name	Brown, David
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	14 June 1941
Place of birth	Insch, Aberdeenshire
Date of death	11 March 2011
Place of death	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire