Joseph Brain

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{For|American academic|Joseph Brain (academic)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2017}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Joseph Brain

| image =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1863|9|11|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Bristol, Gloucestershire

| death_date = {{death date and age|1914|6|26|1863|9|11|df=yes}}

| death_place = Cardiff, Wales

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

| role = Wicket-keeper

| club1 = Gloucestershire

| year1 = 1883–1889

| club2 = Oxford University

| year2 = 1884–1887

| date = 1 April 2014

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/9198.html Cricinfo

}}

Joseph Hugh Brain (11 September 1863 – 26 June 1914) was an English cricketer. He was educated at Clifton College"Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p57: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948 and Oriel College, Oxford, and played cricket for Gloucestershire between 1883 and 1889.{{Cricinfo|id=9198|name=Joseph Brain}}{{Cricketarchive|id=4377|name=Joseph Brain}}

He became managing director of the family brewery, S. A. Brain & Co. Ltd in Cardiff, which was founded by his father and brother,{{cite news |title=Wills and Bequests |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=26 December 1914 |page=8 |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/london-standard-dec-26-1914-p-8/}} and served on the board of Cardiff City F.C.{{cite book | title=C'mon City! A Hundred Years of the Bluebirds | first=Grahame |last=Lloyd | publisher=Seren |year=1999 |isbn=1854112716|page=39}}