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John Brown Payne (1 July 1828 – 23 September 1887) was an English first-class cricketer.

Payne was born in July 1828 at Knutsford, Cheshire. He made his debut in first-class cricket for Manchester against Sussex at Eccles in 1858, taking figures of 5 for 59 in Sussex's first-innings. Two years later, he made a second first-class appearance for the Gentlemen of the North against the Gentlemen of the South at Salford, with Payne taking his best first-class figures of 5 for 36 in the Gentlemen of the South's first-innings. His final two first-class appearances came for the North against Surrey in 1862 and 1863. Payne was by profession a lawyer. He died in September 1887 at Broughton, Lancashire. His son was the rugby union international and cricketer John Payne.

References

1. "Manchester v Sussex, 1858". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
2. "Gentlemen of the North v Gentlemen of the South, 1860". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
3. "First-Class Matches played by John Payne". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
4. Venn, John (2011). Alumni Cantabrigienses. Vol. 5. Cambridge University Press. pp. 52. ISBN 978-1108036146.

External links

• John Payne at ESPNcricinfo

• 1828 births
• 1887 deaths
• People from Knutsford
• English cricketers
• Manchester Cricket Club cricketers
• Gentlemen of the North cricketers
• North v South cricketers
• 19th-century English lawyers
• Cricketers from Cheshire