Full Name

Anthony Stephen Brown

Born

June 24, 1936, Clifton, Bristol

Died

May 27, 2020 (aged 83y 338d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium fast

Education

Fairfield Grammar School, Bristol

Tony Brown was a stalwart of the Gloucestershire side for more than two decades. A right-arm medium-pace bowler and lower middle-order batsman, he was good enough to pass 1000 runs in a season once (1964) and 100 wickets twice (1959 and 1962). He was also an excellent close fielder and in 1966 took seven catches in an innings to equal the world record. He took over as captain in 1969, leading the county to the Gillette Cup in 1973. After retiring he became secretary-manager of the side before moving on to Somerset in 1983 and subsequently the TCCB (the forerunners of the ECB). He returned to Gloucestershire as chairman of cricket and in 2008 was named as club president.
Martin Williamson

Tony Brown Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50sCtSt
FC496808991285111618.123-4940
List A16214228201777*17.6902680

Bowling

FormatMatBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
FC496-3154612308/80-25.64---548
List A162762647442305/445/4420.623.7333.11010

Debut/Last Matches of Tony Brown

FC Matches

Span
1953 - 1976

List A Matches

Span
1963 - 1976

Recent Matches of Tony Brown

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Gloucs vs West Indians32 & 12/5121-Aug-1976BristolFC
Gloucs vs Lancashire00/904-Aug-1976ManchesterList A
Gloucs vs Yorkshire11/3514-Jul-1976LeedsList A
Gloucs vs WORCS5*1/4526-Jun-1976BristolList A
Gloucs vs Leics--4/3122-May-1976BristolList A

Photos of Tony Brown

James Float, Mike Procter, David Shepherd, Tony Brown and Roger Knight celebrate Gloucestershire's Gilette Cup win on an open top bus through the streets of Bristol
Tony Brown