Bill Brown (Dan wasan cricket)

**William Alfred Brown**, OAM (31 ga Yulin 1912 - 16 ga Maris 2008) ya kasance ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na Australiya wanda ya buga wasanni 22 na gwaji tsakanin 1934 da 1948, ya jagoranci kasarsa a gwajin ɗaya. Dan wasan kwallon kafa na hannun dama, haɗin gwiwa tare da Jack Fingleton a cikin shekarun 1930 an dauke shi daya daga cikin mafi kyau a tarihin gwajin Australiya. Bayan katsewar Yaƙin Duniya na II, Brown ya kasance memba na ƙungiyar da ake kira "The Invincibles", wanda ya zagaya Ingila a 1948 ba tare da cin nasara ba a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Don Bradman . A cikin wasan da aka yi a watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 1947, Brown ya kasance wanda ba tare da saninsa ba na farkon "Mankading".

An haife shi a New South Wales, Brown da farko ya yi gwagwarmaya a cikin aiki da wasan kurket, kafin a hankali ya tashi ta hanyar wasan kurket. Ya fara buga wasan farko na New South Wales a kakar 1932-33 kuma ya tilasta masa shiga cikin kasa a lokacin Yawon shakatawa na Ingila na 1934. Lokacin da masu budewa na dogon lokaci Bill Ponsford da Bill Woodfull suka yi ritaya a ƙarshen yawon shakatawa, Brown da abokin aikinsa na jihar Fingleton sun karbe mulki. Bayan mummunan tsari ya sa zaɓinsa don Yawon shakatawa na Ingila na 1938 ya zama mai rikitarwa, Brown ya amsa da jimlar gudu 1,854, gami da 206 da ba a ci nasara ba wanda ya ceci Australia daga cin nasara a gwajin na biyu, kuma an girmama shi a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin 'yan wasan Wisden Cricket na Shekara guda biyar.

Farkawar Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu ya kashe Brown mafi girman shekarunsa, wanda ya shafe a cikin Royal Australian Air Force . Cricket ya ci gaba a 1945-46 kuma Brown, a lokacin da Bradman ba ya nan, ya jagoranci Australiya goma sha ɗaya a wasan da aka ba da matsayin gwajin. Brown ya rasa dukkan kakar wasa mai zuwa saboda rauni. Bayan dawowarsa, bai iya maimaita nasarar da ya samu a baya ba kuma Arthur Morris da Sid Barnes sun kore shi daga matsayi na farko. An zaba shi don yawon shakatawa na Invincibles, ya yi kyau sosai a wasannin yawon shakata amma, tare da Morris da Barnes sun kafa a matsayin masu buɗewa, ya buga daga matsayi a cikin tsari na tsakiya a lokacin gwaje-gwaje biyu na farko. Ya yi gwagwarmaya kuma an sauke shi daga ƙungiyar gwajin, ba zai sake dawowa ba. Bayan ya dawo Ostiraliya, Brown ya ci gaba da buga wa Queensland wasa har zuwa karshen kakar 1949-50.

## Shekaru na farko
An haifi Brown a Toowoomba, Queensland. Lokacin da yake da shekaru uku, gazawar kasuwanci ta shafi iyalin, kuma sun koma New South Wales">Marrickville a cikin Sydney. Matsayin kudi na iyali ya nuna cewa suna zaune a cikin gida mai ɗaki ɗaya, tare da Brown da ɗan'uwansa suna raba gado. Ya yi karatu a makarantun sakandare na Dulwich Hill da Petersham a Sydney, Brown ya fara buga wasan kurket a matsayin mai tsaron gida, kafin ya canza mayar da hankali ga buɗe batting. Ya bar makarantar sakandare bayan shekaru biyu, amma bai iya samun aiki na cikakken lokaci ba a cikin Babban Mawuyacin hali. A cikin 1929-30, Brown ya buga wasan kurket na Marrickville Cricket Club, amma bai iya riƙe wuri na yau da kullun ba. Ya kasance a gefen barin Sydney lokacin da innings na 172 a cikin Poidevin-Gray Shield   ya sake ƙarfafa aikinsa. Brown ya ci gaba ta hanyar maki kuma ya kai kungiyar ta farko ta XI, inda ya yi aiki a hankali don samun zabin New South Wales a 1932-33. 

## Ayyukan da suka gabata kafin yaƙin
Da yake buga wasan farko na farko a New South Wales a wasan Sheffield Shield da Queensland a ranar 11 ga Nuwamba 1932, Brown ya gudu don Duck ba tare da fuskantar kwallon ba, yayin da yake buɗewa tare da Jack Fingleton .  Koyaya, wasan ya ƙare da farin ciki tare da ƙungiyar Brown ta ci nasara ta hanyar innings da 274 runs. Abubuwan da suka fi dacewa a kakar wasa ta farko ta Brown sune 79 da ya yi da Kudancin Australia, da 69 da suka yi da Douglas Jardine na Ingila. Koyaya, ba Harold Larwood ko Bill Voce, masu kaifin *Bodyline* ba, sun buga wasan. A lokacin kakar wasa ta farko, Brown ya sami fushin Don Bradman, wanda bai gamsu da mummunan sadarwa na Brown tare da abokan hulɗa ba yayin da yake gudana tsakanin wickets, tare da haɗarin da ya biyo baya na faduwar gudu ba.   Brown ya ƙare kakar wasa ta farko tare da gudu 269 a 29.88.

A kakar wasa mai zuwa, a wasan farko na kakar da Queensland a Brisbane a watan Nuwamba 1933,  Brown ya yi 154, tare da Bradman a cikin 294 a cikin sa'o'i uku kawai.  Wannan ya kafa jimlar 4/494 da aka ayyana da kuma nasarar innings. Ya bi wannan tare da 205 a cikin matsayi na farko na 340 a kan Victoria.   Brown ya tara karin rabin ƙarni biyu don kawo karshen tare da gudu 878 don kakar a matsakaicin 67.53, wanda ya sanya shi na biyu a bayan Bradman a cikin aji na farko. Lokacin da masu zaɓe suka haɗu don tattauna jam'iyyar yawon shakatawa don yawon shakataw na Ingila na 1934, Brown da Fingleton suna da irin waɗannan adadi, amma tare da masu buɗewa na Victorian na Bill Ponsford da kyaftin din Bill Woodfull da ƙarfi a wurin, akwai wuri ɗaya kawai don buɗe ajiya. Masu zaɓe sun tambayi Bradman - babban mai buga kwallo na Ostiraliya - don shawara. Bradman ya zabi Brown, yana gaskata cewa salon sa ya fi dacewa da filin Ingilishi. Wani Fingleton da ya yi takaici bai yarda ba kuma ya rubuta wa Woodfull, yana cewa "Kun zaɓi 'yan wasa waɗanda ba sa son yin kwallo mai sauri". Brown ya tabbatar da zabinsa kafin ya tashi tare da 90s a wasanni biyu don hadin gwiwar Australia XI da Tasmania.  

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