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James "Jimmy" Brown MBE (24 September 1931 – 8 December 2014) was a Scottish first-class cricketer. He played as a wicket-keeper and took a record 119 catches and 40 stumpings for them. In first-class cricket his tally of 105 dismissals is easily the most by a cricketer for Scotland.

James Brown

Cricket information
Batting	Right-handed
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 59 Runs scored 1,306 Batting average 19.49 100s/50s 0/4 Top score 90 Catches/stumpings 83/22
Source: CricketArchive

In club cricket for Perthshire and took 674 dismissals. He was awarded the MBE in the 1974 New Year Honours.[1][2]

He died on 8 December 2014 at the age of 83.[3]

References

External links

• Cricket Europe
• James Brown at ESPNcricinfo

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