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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = John Crommelin-Brown<br />
| image = <br />
| country = England<br />
| fullname = John Louis Crommelin-Brown<br />
| height = <br />
| nickname = <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1888|10|20|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Delhi]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1953|9|11|1888|10|20|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Minehead]], Somerset, England<br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = <br />
| role = <br />
| family = [[John Eggar]]<br />
| club1 = [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire]] <br />
| year1 = {{nowrap|1922–1926}}<br />
| type1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]<br />
| debutdate1 = 26 August<br />
| debutyear1 = 1922<br />
| debutfor1 = Derbyshire<br />
| debutagainst1 = [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]]<br />
| lastdate1 = 21 August<br />
| lastyear1 = 1926<br />
| lastfor1 = Derbyshire<br />
| lastagainst1 = [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]] <br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 16<br />
| runs1 = 659<br />
| bat avg1 = 25.34<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 0/5 <br />
| top score1 = 74<br />
| deliveries1 = 108<br />
| wickets1 = 1<br />
| bowl avg1 = 70.00<br />
| fivefor1 = 0<br />
| tenfor1 = 0<br />
| best bowling1 = 1/29<br />
| catches/stumpings1= 9/–<br />
| date = January<br />
| year = 2012<br />
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28837/28837.html CricketArchive<br />
}}<br />
'''John Louis Crommelin-Brown''' (20 October 1888 &ndash; 11 September 1953) was an English schoolmaster, poet and [[first-class cricket]]er who played for [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire]] between 1922 and 1926.<br />
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Crommelin-Brown was born in [[Delhi]], [[India]], and educated first in Edinburgh at the [[Edinburgh Academy]]<ref>{{cite book|author=The Edinburgh Academical Club|title=The Edinburgh Academy Register 1824-1914|date=1914|publisher=The Edinburgh Academical Club|location=Edinburgh|page=454}}</ref> and [[Cargilfield Preparatory School|Cargilfield School]] and then in England at [[Winchester College]]. On leaving Winchester in 1908 he published ''Wykehamian Poems and Parodies'' which included parodies of [[Rudyard Kipling]], [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow|Longfellow]] and [[Walt Whitman]]. He went to [[Cambridge University]], where he wrote lyrics for the [[Cambridge Footlights]]<ref>[http://footlights.org/1910.html Cambridge Footlights 1910] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106124845/http://www.footlights.org/1910.html |date= 6 January 2009 }}</ref> During the [[First World War]] he served as a lieutenant in the [[Royal Garrison Artillery]] and wrote war poetry.<ref>[http://www.smithmaps.fsnet.co.uk/poetrysplit.htm Poetry of the Great War]</ref><ref>[https://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books-uk&field-author=J.%20L%20Crommelin%20Brown Publications]</ref><br />
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Crommelin-Brown became a master at [[Repton School]] and made his debut for Derbyshire in the [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1922|1922 season]]. In his debut match against [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]] he scored 56 and took a wicket. He did not play again until the [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1924|1924 season]], and he only played during the school holidays in that and the [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1925|1925]] and [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1926|1926 season]]s. He was a right hand batsman and played 28 innings in 16 first-class matches. His highest score was 74 and his average 25.34. He bowled rarely, taking one wicket in total.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28837/28837.html John Crommelin-Brown at Cricket Archive]</ref><br />
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Crommelin-Brown died at Old Town, [[Minehead]], Somerset, England, aged 64.<br />
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Crommelin-Brown's son-in-law [[John Eggar]], another Repton master, played cricket for Derbyshire after the Second World War.<ref>The Times Obituary John Eggar Saturday 7 May 1983</ref><br />
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==Publications==<br />
*''Wykehamian Poems and Parodies'' <br />
*''Dies Heroica: War Poems 1914–1918''<br />
*''Three Little Fairy Songs. 1. The Fairy Children. 2. Canterbury Bells. 3. Blue-Bell, Dew-Bell.''<br />
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