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He was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire on 10 July 1911.
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Albert Brown
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He made just one first-class appearance for Warwickshire County Club in 1932. As a snooker player he was twice runner-up in the English Amateur Championship and reached the semi-final of the World Championship four times between 1948 and 1953. Brown made a single first-class appearance for Warwickshire against the touring Indians at Edgbaston in 1932.
The Indians made 282 all out in their first-innings, with Brown taking the wickets of Naoomal Jeoomal and Amar Singh to finish with figures of 2/61 from 22 overs.
In Warwickshire"s first-innings of 354 all out, Brown ended the innings not out on a single run. He bowled 14 wicketless overs in the Indians second-innings of 344 declared and wasn"t required to bat in Warwickshire"s second-innings of 110/3, with the match being declared a draw.
This was his only major appearance for Warwickshire. Brown was later a leading snooker player.
As an amateur he was runner-up in the English Amateur Championship in 1940 and 1946.
After turning professional he played in a number of major events from 1947 to 1955 and reached the semi-finals of the World Championship four times, in 1948, 1950, 1952 and 1953. He also was runner-up in the 1951/1952 News of the World Tournament, missing out on victory by a single frame. His last competitive appearance was in the 1954/1955 News of the World Tournament.
He died at the city of his birth on 27 April 1995.
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United Kingdom