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Full name David John Brown
Born January 30, 1942, Walsall, Staffordshire
Current age 66 years 204 days
Major teams England,Gloucestershire,Warwickshire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
26
34
5
342
44*
11.79
0
0
0
7
0
First-class
390
446
111
4110
79
12.26
0
6
157
0
List A
179
95
31
692
41
10.81
0
0
27
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
26
46
5098
2237
79
5/42
7/98
28.31
2.63
64.5
1
2
0
First-class
390
63339
28961
1165
8/60
24.85
2.74
54.3
46
5
List A
179
8991
5624
221
5/13
5/13
25.44
3.75
40.6
2
5
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v South Africa at Lord's, Jul 22-27, 1965 scorecard
Last Test
England v New Zealand at Lord's, Jul 24-28, 1969 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1961 - 1982
List A span
1964 - 1979
Profile
A reliable and hard-working fast-medium bowler, and unusually for an English seamer, as effective overseas as at home. With his height (he was 6' 4") he was able to make the ball bounce, move off a length, and was quick enough to hurry good batsmen on hard wickets. Brown's determination, which enabled him to recover from injury, made him popular with the public and selectors alike, and that quality was reflected in his role as a dogged tail-ender. He captained Warwickshire from 1975 to 1977, and was vice-captain of the MCC team that toured Pakistan in 1966-67.
After retiring he combined farming and horse-breeding with his role as Warwickshire's manager, although he returned to the fray at the age of 40 in 1982 to help Warwickshire out of an injury crisis. In 1986 he was approached with a view to him becoming England manager before the role was offered to Micky Stewart.
Martin Williamson
