John Brown (umpire)

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John Martin Ainley Brown (27 April 1928 – 12 January 2005) was a New Zealand plant physiologist and cricket umpire. He stood in two Test matches between 1963 and 1964.[1]

John Brown
Personal information
Full name
John Martin Ainley Brown
Born(1928-04-27)27 April 1928
England
Died12 January 2005(2005-01-12) (aged 76)
Auckland, New Zealand
Umpiring information
Tests umpired2 (1963–1964)
Source: Cricinfo, 1 July 2013

Born in England, Brown earned his PhD at Durham University.[2] He moved to New Zealand in 1956, becoming Professor of Plant Physiology at the University of Auckland, specialising in aquatic macrophytes.[3] His daughter, Elizabeth Anne Brown, born in Auckland in late 1956, was a noted bryologist.

Brown umpired 10 first-class matches between January 1961 and January 1966, all but one of them at Eden Park in Auckland.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ "John Brown". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  2. ^ Calendar, 1960, University of Auckland, 1960, p. 28.
  3. ^ "Brown, Elizabeth Anne". Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  4. ^ "John Brown as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 May 2022.