Charles Clover-Brown (18 September 1907 – 6 October 1982) was an English cricketer.
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| Born | 18 September 1907 Brentford, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 6 October 1982 (aged 75) Hove, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Leg break | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1926–1933 | Buckinghamshire | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 25 May 2011 | |||||||||||||||
Clover-Brown was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break. He was born in Brentford, Middlesex, and educated at Harrow School, where he captained the school cricket team.[1] He made his debut for Buckinghamshire in the 1926 Minor Counties Championship against Hertfordshire, and played for Buckinghamshire from 1926 to 1933, including 10 Minor Counties Championship matches.[2]
Clover-Brown made his first-class debut for Dr J Rockwood's Europeans XI against Maharaj Kumar of Vizianagram's XI in Colombo in December 1930. He scored 27 in the first innings and 1 in the second.[3] He played his second first-class match five years later, playing for Ceylon against the Indian University Occasionals.[4] He opened the batting and carried his bat, scoring 100* in the Ceylon first innings of 204.[5]
He served as President of Old Harrovians F.C. from 1964 to 1982.[6] He died in Hove, Sussex, on 6 October 1982.
References edit
- ^ "Teams Charles Clover-Brown played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Charles Clover-Brown". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ^ "Dr J Rockwood's Europeans XI v Maharaj Kumar of Vizianagram's XI, 1930/31". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Charles Clover-Brown". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ^ "Ceylon v Indian University Occasionals, 1935". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ^ Woolley, R.H. "Old Harrovian A.F.C." www.ohafc.com. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011.