Freddie Brown (cricketer)
- Freddie Brown (cricketer)
Infobox Historic Cricketer
nationality = English
country = England
country abbrev = Eng
name =F.R. Brown
picture = Cricket_no_pic.pngbatting style = Right-handed batsman (RHB)
bowling style = leg spin; medium pace seamers
tests = 22
test runs = 734
test bat avg = 25.31
test 100s/50s = 0/5
test top score = 79
test balls = 3260
test wickets = 45
test bowl avg = 31.06
test 5s = 1
test 10s = 0
test best bowling = 5/49
test catches/stumpings = 22/0
FCs = 335
FC runs = 13325
FC bat avg = 27.36
FC 100s/50s = 22/56
FC top score = 212
FC balls = 65967
FC wickets = 1221
FC bowl avg = 26.21
FC 5s = 62
FC 10s = 11
FC best bowling = 8/34
FC catches/stumpings = 212/0
debut date = 29 July
debut year = 1931
last date = 30 June
last year = 1953
source = http://www.cricinfo.com/db/PLAYERS/ENG/B/BROWN_FR_01000576/:"(For the science-fiction author, see Fredric Brown)"Frederick ("Freddie") Richard Brown MBE (born in Lima, Peru on 16 December 1910, died in Ramsbury, Wiltshire on 24 July 1991) was an English cricketer who played for Cambridge University, Surrey, Northamptonshire and England. He was educated at the Saint Peter's School in Chile The Leys School Cambridge and St John's College, Cambridge.
Brown was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1933 and president of the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1971/2. He was also a BBC radio cricket commentator and summariser.
He was commissioned into the Royal Army Service Corps in 1939.
{| border="2" align="center"
width="30%" align="center"|Preceded by:
Norman Yardley
width="40%" align="center"|English national cricket captain
1950-1951
width="30%" align="center"|Followed by:
Nigel Howard
External reference
* [http://www.cricinfo.com/db/PLAYERS/ENG/B/BROWN_FR_01000576/ Cricinfo page on Freddie Brown]
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