John Brown (umpire)

John Brown

Personal information
Full name	John Martin Ainley Brown
Born	(1928-04-27)27 April 1928 England
Died	12 January 2005(2005-01-12) (aged 76) Auckland, New Zealand
Umpiring information
Tests umpired	2 (1963–1964)
Source: Cricinfo, 1 July 2013

John Martin Ainley Brown (27 April 1928 – 12 January 2005) was a New Zealand plant physiologist and cricket umpire. He stood in two Test matches between 1963 and 1964.[1]

Born in England, Brown earned his PhD at Durham University.[2] He moved to New Zealand in 1956, becoming Professor of Plant Physiology at the University of Auckland, specialising in aquatic macrophytes.[3] His daughter, Elizabeth Anne Brown, born in Auckland in late 1956, was a noted bryologist.

Brown umpired 10 first-class matches between January 1961 and January 1966, all but one of them at Eden Park in Auckland.[4]

See also

• List of Test cricket umpires

References

1. "John Brown". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
2. Calendar, 1960, University of Auckland, 1960, p. 28.
3. "Brown, Elizabeth Anne". Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
4. "John Brown as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 May 2022.