complained at their repeated failures" and "the Yorkshire all-rounder was not as co-operative as he might as been". Brown caused problems for Fred Trueman when he managed the English cricket team in Australia in 1958–59. Trueman and others believed that people like Brown and his colleague Gubby Allen "epitomised the pompous nature of English cricket in the days of amateurs and professionals, gentlemen and players". It was not just professionals as Brown quarreled with the amateur Trevor Bailey, which led to long-standing mutual antipathy. In Trueman's autobiography, he refers to Brown as "a snob, bad-mannered, ignorant and a bigot". Trueman made a formal complaint about Brown to the team captain, Peter May. Although May was another public school-educated amateur, he supported Trueman and told Brown to "act in a manner befitting someone with managerial responsibility". Tom Graveney commented on the lack of team spirit on the tour, saying that "Freddie Brown, in particular, did a very bad job" and was rude to several team members. Graveney called Brown "a very stuck-up individual – at least when he was sober". Kay said Brown had a tendency to be bombastic in speech and could be forthright and ruthless, sometimes being churlish and rude to sensation-seeking reporters, but was always ready to talk amicably to genuine cricket journalists. See also List of Test cricketers born in non-Test playing nations References References using Cricinfo or Wisden may require free registration for access. Bibliography Freddie Brown, Cricket Musketeer, Nicholas Kaye, 1954 J.H. Fingleton, Brown and Company, The Tour in Australia, Collins, 1951 Tom Graveney and Norman Miller, The Ten Greatest Test Teams Sidgewick and Jackson, 1988 John Kay, Ashes to Hassett, A review of the M.C.C. tour of Australia, 1950–51, John Sherratt & Son, 1951 Ray Lindwall, Flying Stumps, Marlin Books (1977) W.J. O'Reilly, Cricket Task-Force, The Story of the 1950–51 Australian Tour, Werner Laurie, 1951 Rothmans Book of Test Matches, England v Australia 1946–63, Arthur Barker Ltd (1964) Allen Synge, Sins of Omission, The Story of Test Selectors, Pelham Books (1990) E.W. Swanton, Swanton in Australia with MCC 1946–1975, Fontana/Collins, 1975 External links 1910 births 1991 deaths Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge British Army personnel of World War II Cambridge University cricketers Commanders of the Order of the British Empire English cricket commentators England Test cricketers England cricket team selectors English cricket administrators England Test cricket captains English cricketers of 1919 to 1945