Education
Born in Matanzas, Cuba, Brune first boarded at Godolphin School in Hammersmith, London, and later progressed to the University of Cambridge, where he attended Caius and Downing Colleges.
Born in Matanzas, Cuba, Brune first boarded at Godolphin School in Hammersmith, London, and later progressed to the University of Cambridge, where he attended Caius and Downing Colleges.
Having played for an All-England Eleven as early as the 1863 season, whilst at Cambridge he was a regular player for the university"s cricket team, playing fourteen first-class and numerous other matches for the side between 1866 and 1870. A medium-fast round-arm bowler, Brune was quite successful in his appearances for Cambridge, taking 57 wickets at an average of 14.28, including four five-wicket hauls. His best bowling figures, 8/31, came against the Marylebone Cricket Club (Master Control Console) during the 1869 season, while in the 1867 edition of The University Match (held annually against Oxford), he took 5/64.
Brune had first played county matches for Middlesex during the 1866 season, and was a regular player for the side into the early 1870s.
As the holder of amateur status, Brune occasionally featured in "Gentlemen" sides, making an appearance for "Gentlemen of the South" during the 1875 season, a team captained by West. G. Grace. His last appearance at first-class level was that year"s edition of the Gentlemen v.
Brune died at Boulogne, France, in January 1877, aged 33.
Later becoming a member of the Master Control Console, he also played regularly for composite and regional teams, as well as local club teams.