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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Alexander Brewer<br />
| image = <br />
| country = England<br />
| full_name = Alexander Newton Brewer<br />
| birth_date = 10 September 1906<br />
| birth_place = [[Rochdale]], [[Lancashire]], England<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1984|1|10|1906|9|10|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Blackpool]], Lancashire, England<br />
| nickname = <br />
| family = <br />
| batting = Unknown<br />
| bowling = Unknown<br />
| role = <br />
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]<br />
| year1 = 1939/40<br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 2<br />
| runs1 = 18<br />
| bat avg1 = 4.50<br />
| 100s/50s1 = –/–<br />
| top score1 = 10<br />
| deliveries1 = 12<br />
| wickets1 = 0<br />
| bowl avg1 = –<br />
| fivefor1 = –<br />
| tenfor1 = –<br />
| best bowling1 = –<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = –/–<br />
| date = 29 October<br />
| year = 2023<br />
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/alexander-brewer-27067 ESPNcricinfo<br />
}}<br />
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'''Alexander Newton Brewer''' (10 September 1906 — 18 January 1984) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and [[British Army]] officer.<br />
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Brewer was born at [[Rochdale]] in September 1906. He made his debut in [[first-class cricket]] whilst in [[British India]] for the [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]] against the [[Hindus cricket team|Hindus]] at [[Brabourne Stadium|Bombay]] in the [[Bombay Quadrangular|1939–40 Bombay Pentangular]].<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13044/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Alexander Brewer|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=29 October 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Brewer received an emergency [[Officer (armed forces)|commission]] in the [[British Indian Army]] during the [[Second World War]], being appointed as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] in June 1941.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=35241|date=8 August 1941|page=4584}}</ref> Following the war, he made a second appearance in first-class cricket for S. A. Shete's XI against [[Abubhai Jasdenwala|A. A. Jasdenwala's XI]] at Bombay in November 1946.<ref name="FCM"/> In his two first-class matches, he scored a total of 18 runs with a highest score of 10.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/alexander-brewer-27067|title=Player profile: Alexander Brewer|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=29 October 2023}}</ref> Brewer died at [[Blackpool]] in January 1984.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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[[Category:1906 births]]<br />
[[Category:1984 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Cricketers from Rochdale]]<br />
[[Category:Military personnel from the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale]]<br />
[[Category:English cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:British Indian Army officers]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War II]]</div>JoyceBpo44