William Brown (cricketer)
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William Brown was an English
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 first-class cricket
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er, who played two matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club
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, against Sussex
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 at the County Cricket Ground, Hove
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 in 1902, and against Ireland in Dublin in 1908.

Born in Snape Hill, Darfield
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, Yorkshire
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, England
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, Brown was a right arm fast bowler, who took four wickets at 21 each, with a best of 3 for 61 on debut. A right-handed tail ender, he scored two runs in total. He also played for the Yorkshire Second XI from 1902-1909, Yorkshire Colts in 1902, Northallerton and District in 1903 and RW Frank's XI at Headingley
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 in 1906.

His brother, John Brown
John Brown (Yorkshire cricketer)
John Thomas Brown was an English first-class cricketer.Born in Snape Hill, Darfield, Yorkshire, England, Brown was a right arm fast bowler and right-handed tail end batsman. He played thirty matches for Yorkshire between 1897 and 1903. He took 97 wickets, with a best of 8 for 40 against...

, played thirty games for Yorkshire.

He died at the age of 68, in July 1945 in Barnsley
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