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, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Bru ...

, 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 officiall ...

er. He is a right-handed batsman 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 based at Turf Moor in Burnley, Lancashire. The club was a founder member of the Lancashire League in 1892 and has won the League Championship 17 times, the Worsley Cup 10 times ...

. His older brother,

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, played for

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.Player Profile
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Career

Brown played for

Gloucestershire County Cricket Club Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Gloucestershire. Founded in 1870, Gloucestershire have always ...

from 2006 until 2009. At the end of the 2009 season Brown joined

Glamorgan County Cricket Club Glamorgan County Cricket Club ( cy, Criced Morgannwg) is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Glamorgan ( cy, Morgannwg). Founded in 1888, ...

. 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