Charles Clover-Brown Explained

Charles Clover-Brown
Country:England
Birth Date:18 September 1907
Birth Place:Brentford, Middlesex, England
Death Place:Hove, Sussex, England
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Leg break
Club1:Buckinghamshire
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:2
Runs1:144
Bat Avg1:48.00
100S/50S1:1/0
Top Score1:100
Hidedeliveries:true
Catches/Stumpings1:0/–
Date:25 May
Year:2011
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/48388.html Cricinfo

Charles Clover-Brown (18 September 1907 – 6 October 1982) was an English cricketer.

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Teams Charles Clover-Brown played for. CricketArchive. 25 May 2011.
  2. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Charles Clover-Brown. CricketArchive. 25 May 2011.
  3. Web site: Dr J Rockwood's Europeans XI v Maharaj Kumar of Vizianagram's XI, 1930/31. CricketArchive. 25 May 2011.
  4. Web site: First-Class Matches played by Charles Clover-Brown. CricketArchive. 25 May 2011.
  5. Web site: Ceylon v Indian University Occasionals, 1935. CricketArchive. 25 May 2011.
  6. Web site: Old Harrovian A.F.C.. Woolley. R.H.. www.ohafc.com. 25 May 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111007154009/http://www.ohafc.com/documents/history%20by%20RHW.html. 7 October 2011. dmy-all.