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{{short description|English cricketer, soldier and oil industry director}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = John Vesey-Brown
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = John Sidney Vesey-Brown
| birth_date = 1899
| birth_place = [[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]], [[Lincolnshire]], England
| death_date = June 1976 (aged 77)
| death_place = [[Bermuda]]
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1939/40–1942/43
| club2 = [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Madras]]
| year2 = 1940/41
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 5
| runs1 = 48
| bat avg1 = 8.00
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 36
| deliveries1 = 974
| wickets1 = 26
| bowl avg1 = 15.88
| fivefor1 = 3
| tenfor1 = 1
| best bowling1 = 5/14
| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–
| date = 26 November
| year = 2023
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/j-versey-brown-35758 ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''John Sidney Vesey-Brown''' {{postnominal|OBE}} (1899 – June 1976) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er, [[British Army]] officer and a director for the [[Mobil]] oil company.

The son of C. S. Vesey-Brown, who was the electrical engineer for [[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]], Vesey-Brown was born there in 1899. He was educated in [[Oxfordshire]] at [[Bloxham School]].<ref name="NEWS">{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000332/19760604/009/0009|title=Mr Sidney Vesey-Brown|work=[[Lincolnshire Echo]]|location=[[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]]|page=4|date=9 June 1976|access-date=26 November 2023|url-access=subscription|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> After completing his education, he enlisted in the [[British Army]] by lying about his age in order to serve in the [[First World War]]. He gained a commission as a temporary [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] into the [[Durham Light Infantry]] in October 1917.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30401|date=23 November 1917|page=12344|supp=y}}</ref> Following the war, he was made a temporary [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in May 1919,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31460|date=15 July 1919|page=9102|supp=y}}</ref> before completing his military service in September 1921.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32516|date=11 November 1921|page=9012}}</ref> Following the end of his military service, he joined the oil company [[Mobil]].<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book|title=Review - Institute of Petroleum|date=1958|page=59|volume=12|publisher=[[Institute of Petroleum]]|location=[[London]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NAwSAQAAMAAJ|language=en}}</ref> During the [[Second World War]], he joined the [[Royal Norfolk Regiment]] with the rank of [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] and later served as the coordinator of petroleum supplies for [[British West Africa]].<ref name="BOOK"/> For the first two years of his service with the Royal Norfolk Regiment, Vesey-Brown was stationed in [[British India]]. There he played [[first-class cricket]], making his first-class debut for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Indians cricket team|Indians]] at [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium|Madras]] in the 1939–40 [[Madras Presidency matches|Madras Presidency Match]]. He made two further first-class appearances for the Europeans in the 1940–41 and 1942–43 Presidency Matches, in addition to playing for [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Madras]] against a touring [[Ceylon cricket team|Ceylon]] team, and for the [[Arthur Hope, 2nd Baron Rankeillour|Madras Governor's XI]] ''against'' Madras.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14800/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by John Vesey-Brown|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=26 November 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Playing as a [[bowling (cricket)|bowler]], he took 26 wickets in his five first-class matches at an [[bowling average|average]] of 15.88; he took a [[five wicket haul]] on three occasions and once took [[ten-wicket haul|ten wickets in a match]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/j-versey-brown-35758|title=Player profile: John Vesey-Brown|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=26 November 2023}}</ref> His best innings figures of 5 for 14 came ''against'' Madras.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14800/f_Bowling_by_Opponent.html|title=First-Class Bowling Against Each Opponent John Vesey-Brown|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=26 November 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

In 1945, he was seconded to the [[Ministry of Power (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Fuel and Power]],<ref name="BOOK"/> where he was employed as an assistant-secretary, and was made an [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] in the [[1946 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37412|date=28 December 1945|page=276|supp=y}}</ref> From 1949, he served as a director at Mobil.<ref name="BOOK"/> Vesey-Brown later retired to [[Bermuda]], where he died in June 1976.<ref name="NEWS"/>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=35758}}

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[[Category:1899 births]]
[[Category:1976 deaths]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Lincoln, England]]
[[Category:Military personnel from Lincoln, England]]
[[Category:People educated at Bloxham School]]
[[Category:Durham Light Infantry officers]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:Royal Norfolk Regiment officers]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:Tamil Nadu cricketers]]
[[Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire]]
[[Category:Directors of ExxonMobil]]
[[Category:English expatriates in Bermuda]]

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