Joseph Hugh Brain (11 September 1863 – 26 June 1914) 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. He was educated at

Clifton College ''The spirit nourishes within'' , established = 160 years ago , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent boarding and day school , religion = Christian , president = , head_label = Head of College , head ...

and

Oriel College, Oxford Oriel College () is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. Located in Oriel Square, the college has the distinction of being the oldest royal foundation in Oxford (a title formerly claimed by University College, wh ...

, and played cricket for

Gloucestershire Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean. The county town is the city of Gl ...

between 1883 and 1889. He became managing director of the family brewery, S. A. Brain & Co. Ltd in Cardiff, which was founded by his father and brother, and served on the board of

Cardiff City F.C. Cardiff City Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd) is a professional association football club based in Cardiff, Wales. It competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1899 as R ...

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1863 births 1914 deaths English cricketers Gloucestershire cricketers Cricketers from Bristol Oxford University cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Gentlemen cricketers Glamorgan cricketers People educated at Clifton College Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford English brewers Cardiff City F.C. directors and chairmen 19th-century English businesspeople {{England-cricket-bio-1860s-stub