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Bill Brown Gates
Bill Brown Gates

Photographs supplied by Diane Watson

The gates commemorate cricketer Bill Brown. The original gates, which were erected in 1997, have now been replaced. 

An outstanding opening batsman, Bill Brown, who died at the age of 95, belonged to that generation of Australian cricketers who had their careers interrupted by World War Two. Touring to England for the first time in 1934 and ending his top flight international career with the Invincibles in 1948. Brown played 22 tests for his country, averaging nearly 47 with the bat, and outlived his contemporaries and became Australia's oldest surviving Test cricketer. Bill Brown died in 2008.

Location

Address:1 Greg Chappell Street, Queensland Cricket Headquarters, Albion, 4010
State:QLD
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -27.435692
Long: 153.044925
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Gates
Monument Theme:People
Sub-Theme:Sport

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Wednesday 8th October, 1997
Front Inscription

BILL BROWN GATES

Left Side Inscription

Plaque: 
BILL BROWN GATES

Officially Opened By The 
Premier Of Queensland
THE HON. ROB BORBIDGE MLA
        On
October 8, 1997

Queensland Cricket

Source: MA
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