David Brown

David John Brown (born 30 January 1942) is an English former cricketer who played in twenty six Test matches between 1965 and 1969. Cricket writer Colin Batemen described Brown as a "rangy, popular paceman...[with] gutsy determination and uncomplaining effort". and he took only 11 wickets (37.18) in the drawn series.

He was a good close to the wicket fielder and famously held two crucial catches off the bowling of Derek Underwood as England snatched victory late on the final day of the last test match against Australia at the Oval in 1968, to square the series 1–1.

In the first half of 1969, Brown took fourteen wickets at 20 apiece as England easily accounted for the West Indies. An injury to Brown's opening bowling partner, John Snow, meant that Alan Ward was called up for the first Test against England's next opponents, New Zealand. When selection was made for the second test, and with Snow fit again, it was Brown that made way not Ward, and Brown did not play international cricket again.

Brown's best bowling figures in Test and first-class cricket were both achieved at Lord's. In 1968 he took 5 for 42 against Australia, and in 1975 he took 8 for 60 against Middlesex. His highest Test score of 44 not out was made at Lahore in February 1969. His highest first-class score of 79 came against Derbyshire at Edgbaston in 1972.

Brown established the Furnace Mill Stud farm at Kidderminster in 1976 to breed racehorses. Amongst the horses bred at Furnace Mill is Bolshoi, winner of the King's Stand Stakes in 1998. In 2019 Brown was awarded the Andrew Devonshire Award for outstanding contribution to the racehorse breeding industry by the Thoroughbred Breeders' Association. His daughter, Emily Brown, became a successful jockey in Australia.