Freddie Brown (cricketer)

Freddie Brown

CBE

Brown in about 1935
Personal information
Full name	Frederick Richard Brown
Born	(1910-12-16)16 December 1910 Lima, Peru
Died	24 July 1991(1991-07-24) (aged 80) Ramsbury, Wiltshire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium Right-arm legbreak
International information
National side	England
Test debut	29 July 1931 v New Zealand
Last Test	30 June 1953 v Australia
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class Matches 22 335 Runs scored 734 13,325 Batting average 25.31 27.36 100s/50s 0/5 22/56 Top score 79 212 Balls bowled 3,260 65,967 Wickets 45 1,221 Bowling average 31.06 26.21 5 wickets in innings 1 62 10 wickets in match 0 11 Best bowling 5/49 8/34 Catches/stumpings 22/– 212/–
Source: Cricinfo, 23 January 2022

Frederick Richard Brown CBE (16 December 1910 – 24 July 1991^[1]) was an English amateur cricketer who played Test cricket for England from 1931 to 1953, and first-class cricket for Cambridge University (1930–31), Surrey (1931–48), and Northamptonshire (1949–53). He was a genuine all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling either right-arm medium pace or leg break and googly.

Brown was named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1933, but his career declined thereafter until he was made captain of Northamptonshire and England in 1949. Brown was an England selector from 1951 to 1953 and Chairman of Selectors in 1953 when England regained the Ashes. Subsequently, he was involved in cricket administration including tour management. He was elected President of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1971–72 and Chairman of the Cricket Council in 1977. He was awarded the MBE in 1942 for his gallantry in the evacuation of the British Army from Crete and the CBE in 1980 for services to cricket.