Thomas Brown

Thomas Austin Brown (11 April 1863 – 12 March 1930) was an English cricketer active in the 1890s and in the first decade of the 1900s. Born at Wollaston, Northamptonshire, Brown was a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast bowler, who played mostly minor counties cricket, but also made twelve appearances in first-class cricket.

Career Brown made his first-class debut in 1894 for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Leicestershire at Lord's, a season in which he made two further first-class appearances for the MCC against Yorkshire and Cambridge University. The following season he played in Bedfordshire's inaugural Minor Counties Championship match against Wiltshire. In that same season he toured Ireland with the MCC, playing in the only first-class match on the tour against Dublin University, as well playing against Kent later in the English season. which came against Leicestershire on his first-class debut in 1894. Described by Wisden as a ″good fast right-handed bowler″, Brown took 12 wickets at an average of 28.50, with one five wicket haul of 6/82, which came against Cambridge University in 1900.

Brown was also a noted umpire, first standing as one in first-class cricket in 1897. After a decline in his health led to Brown giving up playing, he stood regularly as an umpire. He died at Dunstable, Bedfordshire on 12 March 1930.