| George Brown | |
| Country: | England |
| Birth Date: | 6 October 1887 |
| Birth Place: | Cowley, Oxfordshire |
| Death Place: | Winchester, Hampshire, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm fast |
| Family: | John Brown (son) George Brown, Jr. (son) |
| Club2: | Sussex |
| Year2: | 1825–1838 |
| Club1: | Hampshire |
| Year1: | 1819–1828 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 51 |
| Runs1: | 1,053 |
| Bat Avg1: | 11.44 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/2 |
| Top Score1: | 70 |
| Deliveries1: | 2,563 |
| Wickets1: | 89 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 11.33 |
| Fivefor1: | 5 |
| Tenfor1: | 1 |
| Best Bowling1: | 6/? |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 51/– |
| Date: | 25 December |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Source: | http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/10054.html Cricinfo |
George Brown (27 April 1783 – 25 June 1857) was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1819 to 1838.
A right-handed batsman and fast underarm bowler who played for Hampshire and Sussex, he made 51 known appearances in first-class matches.[1] He represented the Players in the Gentlemen v Players series.
Brown was credited with 89 wickets in his career (i.e., bowled only) with a best return of six in one innings. He had a reputation for extreme pace and was widely known as "Brown of Brighton". He is said, though the story may be apocryphal, to have once killed a dog when a ball he had bowled went past the stumps and through a coat held by the longstop, hitting the dog which was behind the coat.[2] Another of his longstops, a man called Dench, insisted on fielding with a sack of straw tied to his chest for protection.[3] E H Budd played against both Brown and Walter Marcon, who had a similar reputation, and Budd said that "Brown was not more terrific in his speed than Marcon", an elaborate way of saying that they were both extremely fast.[4] Brown was a useful batsman and made 1053 runs at 11.44 with a top score of 70 which he scored during the first of the three roundarm trial matches.[5] He died in Winchester, Hampshire.