David Owen Brown (born 8 December 1982 in

Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, Lancashire, Preston, at the confluence of the River C ...

, Lancashire) is an English

first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officia ...

er. He is a right-handed

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and right-armed medium bowler.

Early life

Brown was born in

, Lancashire, attending Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in neighbouring Blackburn. Like many of his family, he began playing cricket for

Burnley Cricket Club Burnley Cricket Club is a cricket club in the Lancashire League (cricket), Lancashire League based at Turf Moor in Burnley, Lancashire. The club was a founder member of the Lancashire League in 1892 and has won the Lancashire League (cricket)#1 ...

. His older brother, Michael, played for Surrey.Player Profile
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Career

Brown played for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club from 2006 until 2009. At the end of the 2009 season Brown joined Glamorgan County Cricket Club. He has also represented Durham UCCE, British Universities and Lancashire 2nd XI.

References

1982 births Living people Cricketers from Burnley English cricketers Glamorgan cricketers Gloucestershire cricketers Durham MCCU cricketers People educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn Alumni of Durham University British Universities cricketers {{England-cricket-bio-1980s-stub