He first appeared for the Surrey 2nd XI aged just 16 and made his first-class debut in 2005 against Bangladesh A but failed to make an impact with the bat, gaining scores of 5 and 9.
In the 2009 Twenty20 Cup quarter final against Warwickshire Hamilton-Brown won the man of the match award thanks to an innings of 27 and four wickets for 15 runs.
[3] His former Sussex captain and current Surrey manager Chris Adams had personally flown to South Africa, where Hamilton-Brown had been playing for the England performance squad.
[5][6] Surrey had a mediocre season in 2010 under his captaincy, but in 2011 they achieved promotion to the first division of the County Championship and also won the Clydesdale Bank 40 competition.
[7] Following the death of his Surrey teammate Tom Maynard in June 2012, whom Hamilton-Brown shared a house with and had known since the two attended Millfield School, he took an extended break from the game on compassionate grounds, handing the captaincy over to Gareth Batty.
I would like to thank Mark Robinson, his coaching staff, the players, management and board at Sussex for welcoming me back so warmly.