Tony Brown, the former Gloucestershire allrounder, has been elected as the club’s new president.

Brown was appointed at the AGM on Wednesday while Mike Smith, the former left-arm seamer with one England cap, will follow Brown as chairman of cricket.

Brown played 496 first-class matches between 1953 and 1976 and was captain when they won the Gillette Cup in 1973.

Smith was a key member of the attack from 1991 to 2004, playing a key role when Gloucestershire became a force in one-day cricket. His one England appearance came against Australia, at Headingley, in 2001 but he went wicketless.