William Alfred Brown, OAM (31 July 1912 – 16 March 2008) was an Australian cricketer who played 22 Test matches between 1934 and 1948, captaining his country in one Test. A right-handed opening batsman, his partnership with Jack Fingleton in the 1930s is regarded as one of the finest in Australian Test history. [1] .

WA (Bill) Brown was an outstanding opening batsman and excellent fieldsman for Australia on either side of the Second World War, his achievements perhaps overshadowed by his more lauded...

WILLIAM ALFRED BROWN, who as a batsman ranked second only to Bradman in the Australian team which toured England last season, was born at Toowoomba (Queensland) on July 31, 1912, but learned his...

Apr 6, 2010 · Brisbane: Bill Brown, a former Australian Test cricketer and a member of the 1948 Invincibles squad that toured England unbeaten, has died at the age of 95. Brown died at a nursing home in Brisbane on Sunday, Cricket Australia confirmed.

Mar 17, 2008 · An outstanding opening batsman, Bill Brown, who has died at the age of 95, belonged to that generation of Australia cricketers who had their careers interrupted by World War II, touring to England for the first time in 1934 and ending his top flight international career with the Invincibles in 1948.

Bill Brown was a Queensland selector from 1950-51 to 1959-60 and an Australian selector in 1952-53. In 1992 the Queensland Cricket Association elected him a life member. A likeable, popular and modest man he was awarded Medal of the …

Apr 15, 2009 · Bill Brown was Australia's oldest Test cricketer, and when he died his contribution to the country's cricket was immediately eulogised in the Australian parliament by the leaders of both...

Brown played in 22 Tests, scoring 1,592 runs at 46.82, and captained Australia in their first Test after the Second World War. In 1938 at Lord’s during the Ashes tour, Brown carried his bat for an unbeaten 206. Brown was the country’s oldest living Test …

An outstanding opening batsman, Bill Brown, who died at the age of 95, belonged to that generation of Australian cricketers who had their careers interrupted by World War Two. Touring to England for the first time in 1934 and ending his top flight international career with the Invincibles in 1948.

Bill Brown was a member of Donald Bradman's famous Australian cricket team, which toured England in 1948. Bradman's men went through their 34 matches without defeat; this unprecedented feat by a Test side touring England earned them the sobriquet The Invincibles.