John Thomas Brown (24 November 1874 – 12 April 1950) was 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. Born in Snape Hill, Darfield,

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, Brown was a right arm fast bowler and right-handed tail end batsman. He played thirty matches for

between 1897 and 1903. He took 97 wickets, with a best of 8 for 40 against

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, at an average of 21.35. He took

5 wickets in an innings In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer") occurs when a bowler takes five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded by critics as a notable achievement, equivalent to a century from a batsman. Taking ...

eight times, and

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on two occasions. His best innings, a knock of 37 *, came against

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. He died in April 1950, in

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. His brother, William Brown, was also a first-class cricketer for Yorkshire.

Confusion

He is not to be confused with another John Thomas Brown, who played more frequently for Yorkshire (and

) over a similar time span. For clarity, the subject of this article is often described as ''Brown, J. T. (Darfield)'', the other as ''Brown, J. T. (Driffield)''.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, John 1874 births 1950 deaths Yorkshire cricketers English cricketers People from Darfield, South Yorkshire Cricketers from Yorkshire