John Brown (umpire)
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Full name | John Martin Ainley Brown |
Born | England | 27 April 1928
Died | 12 January 2005 Auckland, New Zealand | (aged 76)
Umpiring information | |
Tests umpired | 2 (1963–1964) |
Source: Cricinfo, 1 July 2013 |
John Martin Ainley Brown (27 April 1928 – 12 January 2005) was a New Zealand plant physiologist and cricket umpire. He stood in two Test matches between 1963 and 1964.[1]
Born in England, Brown earned his PhD at Durham University.[2] He moved to New Zealand in 1956, becoming Professor of Plant Physiology at the University of Auckland, specialising in aquatic macrophytes.[3] His daughter, Elizabeth Anne Brown, born in Auckland in late 1956, was a noted bryologist.
Brown umpired 10 first-class matches between January 1961 and January 1966, all but one of them at Eden Park in Auckland.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "John Brown". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
- ^ Calendar, 1960, University of Auckland, 1960, p. 28.
- ^ "Brown, Elizabeth Anne". Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ "John Brown as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 May 2022.