Joseph Henry Brown (26 January 1872 – 27 April 1915) was an English cricketer active from 1898 to 1905 who played for Leicestershire. He was born and died in

Earl Shilton Earl Shilton is a market town in Leicestershire, England, about from Hinckley and about from Leicester. The 2011 Census recorded its population as 10,047. Toponymy The town's name derives from the Old English for 'farm/settlement on a she ...

. He appeared in fifteen first-class matches as a righthanded

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who

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off breaks. He scored 305 runs with a highest score of 53

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and took seven

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s with a best performance of two for 6.Joseph Brown at CricketArchive
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1872 births 1915 deaths English cricketers Leicestershire cricketers North v South cricketers People from Earl Shilton Cricketers from Leicestershire {{england-cricket-bio-1870s-stub