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Scottish cricketer

James Brown
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 59
Runs scored 1,306
Batting average 19.49
100s/50s 0/4
Top score 90
Catches/stumpings 83/22
Source: CricketArchive

James "Jimmy" Brown MBE (24 September 1931 – 8 December 2014) was a Scottish first-class cricketer. He played as a wicket-keeper and took a record 119 catches and 40 stumpings for them. In first-class cricket his tally of 105 dismissals is easily the most by a cricketer for Scotland.

In club cricket for Perthshire and took 674 dismissals. He was awarded the MBE in the 1974 New Year Honours.

He died on 8 December 2014 at the age of 83.

References

  1. The Cricketer, February 1974, p. 3.
  2. "Kyle Coetzer Awarded MBE for Services to Cricket in Queen's Birthday Honours List". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  3. "Jimmy Brown".

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