Pat Brain maintained the link between Glamorgan Cricket and the Cardiff brewing dynasty after the Welsh county secured first-class status in 1921.
He emulated the achievements of his father Sam by keeping wicket for Glamorgan during four Minor County matches in 1920 and showed himself to also be a capable lower order batsman, making 42 against Carmarthenshire at Llanelli.
Pat appeared in 4 Championship matches during 1921 – all away from home – as well as in another game during 1922, but his military duties with the Welsh Regiment and later the Territorial Army, meant that he was unable to play regularly for the Club in subsequent years, and it was not until six years later when Glamorgan visited The Parks in 1928 to play Oxford University that he appeared again behind the stumps.
Pat spent time on the Glamorgan committee and was something of a country gentleman, as a fervant supporter of the Glamorgan Hunt and owning several successful racehorses and greyhounds. He also raised his own eleven which played in friendly matches against other Welsh clubs and wandering elevens, whilst for many years he also assisted the county by arranging a scratch eleven to meet the Club as part of their pre-season preparations.
BRAIN, John Henry Patrick
Born – Cardiff, 17 March, 1896
Died – Dinas Powis, 11 December 1945
Career-bests:
In Minor County cricket – 42 v Carmarthenshire at Llanelli, 1920
In First-class cricket – 19* v Derbyshire at Chesterfield, 1921
| M | I | NO | RUNS | Av | 100 | 50 | ct | st | |
| Minor County Championship | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 3.25 | – | – | – | 2 |
| Minor County Friendlies | 1 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 27.00 | – | – | 1 | – |
| First-class | 6 | 11 | 2 | 86 | 9.55 | – | – | 3 | 2 |