John Louis Crommelin-Brown (20 October 1888 – 11 September 1953) was an English schoolmaster, poet and first-class cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1922 and 1926.
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| Full name | John Louis Crommelin-Brown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 October 1888 Delhi, British India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 September 1953 (aged 64) Minehead, Somerset, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | John Eggar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1922–1926 | Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 26 August 1922 Derbyshire v Worcestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 21 August 1926 Derbyshire v Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, January 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Crommelin-Brown was born in Delhi, India, and educated first in Edinburgh at the Edinburgh Academy[1] and Cargilfield School and then in England at Winchester College. On leaving Winchester in 1908 he published Wykehamian Poems and Parodies which included parodies of Rudyard Kipling, Longfellow and Walt Whitman. He went to Cambridge University, where he wrote lyrics for the Cambridge Footlights[2] During the First World War he served as a lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery and wrote war poetry.[3][4]
Crommelin-Brown became a master at Repton School and made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1922 season. In his debut match against Worcestershire he scored 56 and took a wicket. He did not play again until the 1924 season, and he only played during the school holidays in that and the 1925 and 1926 seasons. 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.[5]
Crommelin-Brown died at Old Town, Minehead, Somerset, England, aged 64.
Crommelin-Brown's son-in-law John Eggar, another Repton master, played cricket for Derbyshire after the Second World War.[6]
Publications
edit- 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.
References
edit- ^ The Edinburgh Academical Club (1914). The Edinburgh Academy Register 1824-1914. Edinburgh: The Edinburgh Academical Club. p. 454.
- ^ Cambridge Footlights 1910 Archived 6 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Poetry of the Great War". Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
- ^ Publications
- ^ John Crommelin-Brown at CricketArchive
- ^ The Times Obituary John Eggar Saturday 7 May 1983