Keith Brown (cricketer)

{{short description|English cricketer (born 1963)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}

{{BLP sources|date=November 2021}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Keith Brown

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Keith Robert Brown

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|3|18|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Edmonton, Middlesex, England

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm slow medium

| role = Wicketkeeper

| family = Brother, Gary Brown

| club1 = Middlesex

| year1 = 1984–1998

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 247

| runs1 = 10,487

| bat avg1 = 35.19

| 100s/50s1 = 13/56

| top score1 = 200*

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| deliveries1 = 321

| wickets1 = 6

| bowl avg1 = 46.00

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 2/7

| catches/stumpings1 = 466/33

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 248

| runs2 = 4,749

| bat avg2 = 29.31

| 100s/50s2 = 4/14

| top score2 = 114

| deliveries2 = 40

| wickets2 = –

| bowl avg2 = –

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = 0/0

| catches/stumpings2 = 168/49

| date = 15 November

| year = 2024

| source = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4223/4223.html CricketArchive

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Keith Robert Brown (born 18 March 1963 in Edmonton, Middlesex, England) is a former English first-class cricketer.

Keith Brown was educated at the Chace Comprehensive School, Enfield and he represented Middlesex as a right-handed batsman, wicket-keeper and occasional right-arm slow-medium bowler in 247 first-class matches between 1984 and 1998, scoring 10,487 runs (average 35.19; highest score 200 not out) with 499 dismissals (466 catches and 33 stumpings). He was the county's sixth most prolific wicket-keeper.

He also scored 4,749 runs in 248 List A matches (average 29.31; highest score 114) with 217 dismissals (168 catches and 49 stumpings).

He was awarded his county cap in 1990 and a benefit in 1998. He also served as vice-captain under the Middlesex captain Mark Ramprakash. Upon his retirement from first-class cricket in 1998, he became a gamesmaster and form tutor at Bramdean School, Exeter, Devon.