Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. David John Brown is a former English cricketer who played in twenty six Tests from 1965 to 1969. Cricket writer Colin Batemen described Brown as a "rangy, popular paceman... gutsy determinaton and uncomplaining effort". Educated at Queen Mary's Grammar School, Brown made his Warwickshire debut in 1961. A dependable seam bowler in the English tradition, Brown used his full 6' 4" to extract bounce from any wicket, an attribute which enabled him to be as effective on hard wickets on tour as he was on green pitches at home. He overcame injury to take 1,165 first-class wickets and play regularly for England in the late 1960s, taking 79 wickets with a best return of 5 for 42. His most famous bowling was in the Third Test at Sydney in the 1965-66 Ashes series, where he took 5/63, forced Australia to follow on and England won their biggest victory down under forfifty years