Brown made his first-class debut in 1894 for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Leicestershire at Lord's, a season in which he made two further first-class appearances for the MCC against Yorkshire and Cambridge University.[1] The following season he played in Bedfordshire's inaugural Minor Counties Championship match against Wiltshire.[2] In that same season he toured Ireland with the MCC, playing in the only first-class match on the tour against Dublin University, as well playing against Kent later in the English season.[1] He appeared once in first-class cricket for the MCC in 1896 against Essex,[1] but didn't feature for Bedfordshire in minor counties cricket.[2] He joined Northamptonshire in 1897, making his debut for the county against Staffordshire in the Minor Counties Championship.[2] Brown played for Northamptonshire until 1899, during which time he made 24 appearances for the county in minor counties cricket.[2] 1899 also saw him play a single first-class match for the MCC against Nottinghamshire.[1]
He rejoined Bedfordshire in 1900,[2] in addition to making three first-class appearances for the MCC in that season.[1] This was followed in 1901 by two final first-class appearances for the MCC against Lancashire and Kent.[1] Brown continued to play minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire until 1907, making a total of 73 appearances for the county in his second—spell, to add to the eight appearances in made in his debut season of 1895.[2] In all, Brown made twelve first-class appearances, all for the MCC.[1] In these he scored a total of 333 runs at an average of 17.52, with a high score of 64 not out,[3] which came against Leicestershire on his first-class debut in 1894.[4] Described by Wisden as a ″good fast right-handed bowler″,[5] Brown took 12 wickets at an average of 28.50, with one five wicket haul of 6/82,[6] which came against Cambridge University in 1900.[7]
Brown was also a noted umpire, first standing as one in first-class cricket in 1897. After a decline in his health led to Brown giving up playing, he stood regularly as an umpire.[5] Between 1906 and 1922, he stood in 243 first-class matches.[8] He died at Dunstable, Bedfordshire on 12 March 1930.