John Brown (22 March 1820 – date of death unknown) was an English

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er. Brown's

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and

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styles are unknown. He was born at

Warblington Warblington is a suburb of Havant, a town in Hampshire, England. Warblington used to be a civil parish, and before that was part of the Hundred of Bosmere. Etymology In Saxon times there was a farm ( OE: ) possibly owned by a woman called ...

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. Brown represented

in a single first-class match in 1849 against an All-England Eleven. In this match he scored a single run in the Hampshire first-innings, before being dismissed by

William Hillyer William Richard Hillyer (5 March 1813 – 8 January 1861), was a prominent 19th century English professional cricketer for Kent County Cricket Club, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and many other sides in the days before county and international ...

. In Hampshire's second-innings he scored 8 runs, before being dismissed by the same bowler. His father,

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, also played first-class cricket for Hampshire and

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. His brother,

, played first-class cricket for Sussex. Brown's date and place of death are unknown.

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