Alan Brown (1 April 1933 - 23 August 2013) was an English

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er. Brown was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Seaton Delaval, Northumberland. Brown made his debut for Northumberland in the 1958

Minor Counties Championship The NCCA 3 Day Championship (previously the Minor Counties Cricket Championship) is a season-long competition in England and Wales that is contested by the members of the National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA), the so-called national cou ...

against

Cumberland Cumberland ( ) is a historic county in the far North West England. It covers part of the Lake District as well as the north Pennines and Solway Firth coast. Cumberland had an administrative function from the 12th century until 1974. From 19 ...

. Brown played Minor counties cricket for Northumberland from 1958 to 1979, which included 133 Minor Counties Championship matches. He made his

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debut for Northumberland against Lincolnshire in the

1971 Gillette Cup The 1971 Gillette Cup was the ninth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 15 May and 4 September 1971. The tournament was won by Lancashire County Cricket Club who defeated Kent County Cricket Club ...

. He made 2 further List A appearances for the county, against Bedfordshire and Somerset, both in the

1977 Gillette Cup The 1977 Gillette Cup was the fifteenth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 29 June and 3 September 1977. The tournament was won by Middlesex County Cricket Club who defeated Glamorgan County ...

. In his 3 List A matches for the county, he took 2 wickets at an average of 41.50, with best figures of 2/26. Playing for Northumberland allowed him to represent

Minor Counties North The National Counties, known as the Minor Counties before 2020, are the cricketing counties of England and Wales that do not have first-class status. The game is administered by the National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA), which comes un ...

, who he made his debut for in the 1974 Benson & Hedges Cup against Yorkshire. He made 3 further List A appearances for the team in that competition, the last of which came against Nottinghamshire. In his 4 matches for the team, he took 3 wickets at an average of 21.66, with best figures of 3/21.

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