There was another significant victory for England over Australia on Tuesday as 19-year-old sensation Ben Proud claimed his second gold of the Games by beating star duo Cameron McEvoy and James Magnussen in the men's 50m freestyle.
However, Australia still recorded their most successful ever meet at a Commonwealth Games as they won 57 medals to surpass their previous record tally of 54 from the Melbourne Games in 2006.
A stunning final leg from 100m freestyle world champion Cate Campbell handed the Aussie women 4x100m medley relay gold after Daniel Tranter won the men's 200m individual medley to take Australia's final gold medal tally to 19.
Brown jumped in for the final leg with a comfortable lead, but was very nearly caught as world 100m freestyle champion James Magnussen swam a sensational final leg for Australia.
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"I knew I was going against the fastest guy in the world right now in Magnussen so I just dug in deep that last 50 and luckily held on to get the win for these guys," said Brown.
"I honestly could not have asked for anything more," said Campbell, who won three gold medals in all in Glasgow.
"I have exceeded my expectations and I feel like I have done Australia proud, which is one of the goals I had coming into the competition."
Proud had already won the 50m butterfly earlier in the week and backed up that success by touching the wall first in a time of 21:92sec.