Charles Brown (cricketer, born 1854)

Charles Atherton Brown (8 June 1854 – 8 July 1917) was an Australian-born English cricketer. Brown was a right-handed batsman who bowled left-arm roundarm fast.

Charles Brown
Personal information
Full name
Charles Atherton Brown
Born(1854-06-08)8 June 1854
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died8 July 1917(1917-07-08) (aged 63)
Grendon, Warwickshire,
England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm roundarm fast
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1876–1878Sussex
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 11
Runs scored 137
Batting average 9.13
100s/50s –/–
Top score 26
Balls bowled 1,223
Wickets 25
Bowling average 23.00
5 wickets in innings 2
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 7/58
Catches/stumpings 10/–
Source: Cricinfo, 20 June 2012

Brown was born at Sydney, New South Wales. He made his first-class debut for Sussex against Kent in 1876 at the County Ground, Hove. He made ten further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Kent 1876 at the Higher Common Ground, Tunbridge Wells.[1] In his eleven first-class matches for Sussex, he took 25 wickets at an average of 23.00, with best figures of 7/58.[2] These figures, which were one of two five-wicket hauls he took, came against Gloucestershire in 1877.[3] With the bat, he scored 137 runs at a batting average of 9.13, with a high score of 26.[4]

Brown died at the now demolished Grendon Hall in Grendon, Warwickshire, on 8 July 1917.

References
  1. "First-Class Matches played by Charles Brown". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  2. "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Charles Brown". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  3. "Sussex v Gloucestershire, 1877". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  4. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Cahrles Brown". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
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