George Brown (cricketer, born 1783), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George Brown (cricketer, born 1783)

English professional cricketer, born 1783

Date of Birth: 27-Apr-1783

Place of Birth: Stoughton, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 25-Jun-1857

Profession: cricketer

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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.
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.
Another of his longstops, a man called Dench, insisted on fielding with a sack of straw tied to his chest for protection.
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.
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.
He died in Sompting, Sussex.