James Brown (cricketer)
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James "Jimmy" Brown MBE (24 September 1931 – 8 December 2014) was a Scottish first-class cricketer. He played as a wicket-keeper and took a record 119 catches and 40 stumpings for them. In first-class cricket his tally of 105 dismissals is easily the most by a cricketer for Scotland.
In club cricket for Perthshire and took 674 dismissals. He was awarded the MBE in the 1974 New Year Honours.[1][2]
He died on 8 December 2014 at the age of 83.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ The Cricketer, February 1974, p. 3.
- ^ "Kyle Coetzer Awarded MBE for Services to Cricket in Queen's Birthday Honours List". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- ^ "Jimmy Brown".
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