J. Brooks (full name and dates of birth and death unknown) was an English cricketer. Brooks' batting style is unknown, but it is known he was a medium pace bowler, although the arm he bowled with is not known.
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| Full name | J. Brooks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1892 | Gloucestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 28 October 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brooks made a single first-class appearance for Gloucestershire against Sussex in the 1892 County Championship.[1] In this match, he was dismissed twice for a duck, with him being bowled by Fred Tate in Gloucestershire's first-innings, while in their second-innings he was run out. In Sussex's first-innings he bowled 6 overs, taking the wicket of Frank Guttridge for 31 runs from those 6 overs.[2] A contemporary report described him as "one of the ground staff at Bristol"; he took the place of William Woof.[3]
References edit
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by J. Brooks". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
- ^ "Sussex v Gloucestershire, 1892 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
- ^ "Today's Cricket: Sussex v Gloucestershire". Yorkshire Evening Post/British Newspaper Archive. Leeds. 13 June 1892. p. 4.
External links edit
- J. Brooks at ESPNcricinfo
- J. Brooks at CricketArchive