Oswald Wreford-Brown

Oswald Eric Wreford-Brown (21 July 1877 – 7 July 1916) was an English cricketer and footballer.

Sporting career

Cricket Wreford-Brown was a right-handed batsman who, after captaining Charterhouse School's cricket team, later played for Gloucestershire. From the tailend, he scored five runs in the only innings in which he batted. He was educated at a number of schools, before joining Charterhouse School in 1891. He later spent time in Canada and in 1902, became a member of the Stock Exchange and a partner in a law firm. His regiment arrived on the Western Front in July 1915, two months after his brother Claude had been killed in West Flanders. Wreford-Brown was promoted to temporary captain on 8 September 1915. He was buried in Corbie Communal Cemetery.