Background
He was born in Brentford, Middlesex and was educated at Harrow School, where he represented and captained the school cricket team
He was born in Brentford, Middlesex and was educated at Harrow School, where he represented and captained the school cricket team
Harrow School.
Brown was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break. Clover-Brown made his debut for Buckinghamshire in the 1926 Minor Counties Championship against Hertfordshire. Clover-Brown played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire from 1926 to 1933, which included 10 Minor Counties Championship matches.
Clover-Brown made his first-class debut for Doctor J Rockwood"s Europeans XI against Maharaj Kumar of Vizianagram"s XI in Colombo in December 1930.
In this match, he scored 27 runs in the Europeans first-innings before being dismissed by Phiroze Palia, while in their second-innings he scored a single run before being dismissed by Mushtaq Ali. He played his second first-class match 5 years later, playing for Ceylon against the Indian University Occasionals.
In this match, he scored 100* in the Ceylon first-innings, while in their second-innings he scored 16 runs before being dismissed by Development Puri. He later served as President of Old Harrovians F.C., obtaining the post in 1963.
Clover-Brown died in Hove, Sussex on 6 October 1982.