Born 1912 Toowoomba, Queensland | Played for : New South Wales, Queensland and Australia

 

Bill Brown was a steady right-handed opening batsman who never seemed to be in a rush to get started! He was a prolific scorer in Test cricket, averaging at 46.82 at the end of his career. He was quick between the wickets and in the field after training regularly with professional sprinters. His best partnership came when he partnered Sir Donald Bradman against Queensland, scoring 294.

 

In 1934, Brown was preferred to Jack Fingleton when Australia toured England. He opened for Australia for the first time at Lord's and made the most of his opportunity by scoring 105. Following his tour of South Africa in 1935/6, he toured England again in 1938 -it was to prove his best ever season scoring 1,854 runs (57.93), only Bradman bettered this. During the tour, he scored two Test centuries (133 at Trent Bridge and 206 at Lord's). Like Bradman, Brown served as a Test selector, well liked and respected by all who knew him