John Louis Crommelin-Brown (20 October 1888 — 11 September 1953) was an English schoolmaster, poet and cricket

Cricket

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er who played for Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

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 between 1922 and 1926.

Crommelin-Brown was born in Delhi

Delhi

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, India

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, and educated in England at Winchester College

Winchester College

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. On leaving Winchester in 1908 he published Wykehamian Poems and Parodies which included parodies of Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling

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, Longfellow

Longfellow

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 and Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman

Walter "Walt" Whitman was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse...

. He went to Cambridge University, where he wrote lyrics for the Cambridge Footlights During the First World War he served as a lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery and wrote war poetry.

Crommelin-Brown became a master at Repton School

Repton School

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 and made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1922 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1922

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. In his debut match against Worcestershire

Worcestershire County Cricket Club

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 he scored 56 and took a wicket. He did not play again until the 1924 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1924

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1924 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for fifty three years. It was their twenty sixth season in the County Championship and they failed to win a match, finishing seventeenth in the County Championship.-1924...

, and he only played during the school holidays in that and the 1925

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1925

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1925 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for fifty four years. It was their twenty seventh season in the County Championship and they won five matches to finish fourteenth in the County Championship.-1925 season:Guy Jackson was...

 and 1926 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1926

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s. He was a right hand batsman and played 28 innings in 16 first class matches. His highest score was 74 and his average 25.34. He bowled rarely, taking one wicket in total.

Crommelin-Brown died at Old Town, Minehead

Minehead

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, Somerset, England aged 65.

Crommelin-Brown's son-in-law John Eggar

John Eggar

John Drennan Eggar was an English schoolmaster and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Hampshire in 1938 and for Derbyshire from 1946 to 1954....

, another Repton master, played cricket for Derbyshire after the Second World War.

Publications

• Wykehamian Poems and Parodies
• Dies Heroica: War Poems 1914-1918
• Three Little Fairy Songs. 1. The Fairy Children. 2. Canterbury Bells. 3. Blue-Bell, Dew-Bell.