Brown, Bill

Brown, Bill
▪ 2009
William Alfred Brown 
      Australian cricketer

born July 31, 1912, Toowoomba, Queens., Australia

died March 16, 2008, Brisbane, Australia
was the last pre-World War II Australian Test player and one of the last of the Invincibles of captain Don Bradman's 1948 touring side that was unbeaten in England. Brown, a right-handed opening batsman, made his first-class debut for New South Wales in 1932 and his Test debut in 1934 against England at Trent Bridge (Nottingham). He captained (1946) Australia in the first postwar Test match, against New Zealand. In his war-shortened career, Brown appeared in 189 first-class matches, scoring 13,838 runs in 284 innings (average 51.44), with 15 not outs, 39 centuries, and a high score of 265 not out. He played in 22 Tests, scoring 1,592 runs in 35 innings (average 46.82), with a high score of 206 not out. His partnerships with Jack Fingleton for Australia were especially productive, averaging 63.75 in 10 Tests, including the first opening partnership of more than 200 for Australia: a 233 against South Africa at Cape Town in 1936. In the field Brown took 110 first-class catches, including 14 in Tests. He retired from Test cricket in 1948 and from first-class cricket after the 1949–50 season. In 2000 Brown was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia.

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