John Payne (cricketer, born 1828)

John Brown Payne (1 July 1828 – 23 September 1887) was an English first-class cricketer.

Payne was born in July 1828 at Knutsford, Cheshire. He made his debut in first-class cricket for Manchester against Sussex at Eccles in 1858, taking figures of 5 for 59 in Sussex's first-innings. Two years later, he made a second first-class appearance for the Gentlemen of the North against the Gentlemen of the South at Salford, with Payne taking his best first-class figures of 5 for 36 in the Gentlemen of the South's first-innings. His final two first-class appearances came for the North against Surrey in 1862 and 1863. Payne was by profession a lawyer. He died in September 1887 at Broughton, Lancashire. His son was the rugby union international and cricketer John Payne.