| John Brown | |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Fullname: | John Martin Ainley Brown |
| Birth Date: | 27 April 1928 |
| Birth Place: | England |
| Death Place: | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Umpire: | true |
| Testsumpired: | 2 |
| Umptestdebutyr: | 1963 |
| Umptestlastyr: | 1964 |
| Date: | 1 July |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/36575.html Cricinfo |
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]
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]