James Graham-Brown
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James Martin Hilary Graham-Brown (born 11 July 1951) is an English
cricket
er. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Kent
, Derbyshire
, and Dorset
between 1974 and 1991.
Graham-Brown was born at Thetford
, Norfolk
, the son of Lewis Graham-Brown and his wife Elizabeth Blaxland. He started playing for Kent Second XI in 1972, and made his County Championship debut for the club in 1974. Bowling at a steady pace, he played in 7 matches that season. He played once throughout 1975, scoring a duck against Oxford University
. After five games in the 1976 season, in which Kent finished in fourteenth place, Graham-Brown moved to Derbyshire in time for the start of the 1977 season.
Graham-Brown's two years with the Peakites were to prove erratic, but after a healthy stint in the first team he was to give up the first-class game in 1978. Graham-Brown took to Minor Counties Cricket in 1981, playing for Dorset
until 1983, and between 1989 and 1991.
Graham-Brown's great-uncle, Lionel Blaxland
, played first-class cricket for Derbyshire
, primarily between 1932 and 1935.
He recently retired as headmaster of the independent girls' school, the Royal High School, Bath
on Lansdown in Bath.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Kent
Kent County Cricket Club
Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...
, Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
, and Dorset
Dorset County Cricket Club
Dorset County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Dorset and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
between 1974 and 1991.
Graham-Brown was born at Thetford
Thetford
Thetford is a market town and civil parish in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England. It is on the A11 road between Norwich and London, just south of Thetford Forest. The civil parish, covering an area of , has a population of 21,588.-History:...
, Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
, the son of Lewis Graham-Brown and his wife Elizabeth Blaxland. He started playing for Kent Second XI in 1972, and made his County Championship debut for the club in 1974. Bowling at a steady pace, he played in 7 matches that season. He played once throughout 1975, scoring a duck against Oxford University
Oxford University Cricket Club
Oxford University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team, representing the University of Oxford. It plays its home games at the University Parks in Oxford, England...
. After five games in the 1976 season, in which Kent finished in fourteenth place, Graham-Brown moved to Derbyshire in time for the start of the 1977 season.
Graham-Brown's two years with the Peakites were to prove erratic, but after a healthy stint in the first team he was to give up the first-class game in 1978. Graham-Brown took to Minor Counties Cricket in 1981, playing for Dorset
Dorset County Cricket Club
Dorset County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Dorset and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
until 1983, and between 1989 and 1991.
Graham-Brown's great-uncle, Lionel Blaxland
Lionel Blaxland
Lionel Bruce Blaxland was an English First World War flying ace, cricketer, schoolmaster and clergyman. He played first-class cricket intermittently for Derbyshire between 1925 and 1947....
, played first-class cricket for Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
, primarily between 1932 and 1935.
He recently retired as headmaster of the independent girls' school, the Royal High School, Bath
Royal High School, Bath
The Royal High School is an independent day and boarding school for girls in the city of Bath, Somerset, England, catering for approximately 1,000 pupils.-Admissions:The school is located on Lansdown Hill just outside Bath city centre...
on Lansdown in Bath.
External links
- James Graham-Brown at Cricket Archive