Charles Clover-Brown
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Charles Clover-Brown (18 September 1907 – 6 October 1982) was an English cricketer.
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Born | (1907-09-18)18 September 1907 Brentford, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||
Died | 6 October 1982(1982-10-06) (aged 75) Hove, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Bowling | Leg break | ||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
1926–1933 | Buckinghamshire | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 25 May 2011 |
Clover-Brown was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break. He was born in Brentford, Middlesex, and educated at Harrow School, where he captained the school cricket team.[1] He made his debut for Buckinghamshire in the 1926 Minor Counties Championship against Hertfordshire, and played for Buckinghamshire from 1926 to 1933, including 10 Minor Counties Championship matches.[2]
Clover-Brown made his first-class debut for Dr J Rockwood's Europeans XI against Maharaj Kumar of Vizianagram's XI in Colombo in December 1930. He scored 27 in the first innings and 1 in the second.[3] He played his second first-class match five years later, playing for Ceylon against the Indian University Occasionals.[4] He opened the batting and carried his bat, scoring 100* in the Ceylon first innings of 204.[5]
He served as President of Old Harrovians F.C. from 1964 to 1982.[6] He died in Hove, Sussex, on 6 October 1982.