Bill Brown
Australian cricketer (1912-2008) · Australia · On the map · Athletes · Died at 95
William Alfred Brown, was an Australian cricketer who played 22 Test matches between 1934 and 1948, captaining his country in one Test. A right-handed opening batsman, his partnership with Jack Fingleton in the 1930s is regarded as one of the finest in Australian Test history.
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Brown during his days with New South Wales
Jack Fingleton (left) and Brown walk to the crease to open for Australia during a Test against England in 1936-37.
Cigarette card of Brown in the Queensland colours![Bill Brown's Test career batting performance. The red bars indicate the runs that he scored in an innings, with the blue line indicating the batting average in his last ten innings. The blue dots indicate an innings where he remained not out.[19]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Bill_Brown_graph.png/500px-Bill_Brown_graph.png)
Bill Brown's Test career batting performance. The red bars indicate the runs that he scored in an innings, with the blue line indicating the batting average in his last ten innings. The blue dots indicate an innings where he remained not out.[19]Awards
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After the interruption of World War II, Brown was a member of the team dubbed "The Invincibles", who toured England in 1948 without defeat under the leadership of Don Bradman. In a match in November 1947, Brown was the unwitting victim of the first instance of "Mankading".
