James Brown (cricketer)

{{Short description|Scottish cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = James Brown

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| country = Scotland

| batting = Right-handed

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| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 59

| runs1 = 1,306

| bat avg1 = 19.49

| 100s/50s1 = 0/4

| top score1 = 90

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = 83/22

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/26/26959/26959.html CricketArchive

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James "Jimmy" Brown MBE (24 September 1931 – 8 December 2014) was a Scottish first-class cricketer. He played as a wicket-keeper and took a record 119 catches and 40 stumpings for them. In first-class cricket his tally of 105 dismissals is easily the most by a cricketer for Scotland.

In club cricket for Perthshire and took 674 dismissals. He was awarded the MBE in the 1974 New Year Honours.The Cricketer, February 1974, p. 3.{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1238864 |title=Kyle Coetzer Awarded MBE for Services to Cricket in Queen's Birthday Honours List |work=International Cricket Council |accessdate=8 June 2019}}

He died on 8 December 2014 at the age of 83.{{Cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/obituaries/jimmy-brown.114614165|title = Jimmy Brown}}