He played one first-class cricket match for Otago during the 1870–71 season.
[2] His only first-class match was a January 1871 fixture against Canterbury played at Hagley Oval in Christchurch, the only match played in New Zealand during the season which has been deemed to be first-class.
[7] As well as cricket, Brown played rugby union for the Otago representative side and lawn tennis.
Brown lived at Christchurch and died in the city in 1934 aged 83.
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