James Brown (cricketer)

James Brown
Cricket information
Batting style Right-handed batsman
Bowling style -
Career statistics
Competition FC
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
Source: [1]

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.[2]

He died on 8 December 2014 at the age of 83.[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/26/26959/26959.html
  2. ↑ The Cricketer, February 1974, p. 3.
  3. ↑ http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/obituaries/jimmy-brown.114614165


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