Frank Brooks | |
Fullname: | Frank Bertram Brooks |
Birth Date: | 10 September 1884 |
Birth Place: | Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India |
Death Place: | Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
Club1: | Rhodesia |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 2 |
Runs1: | 43 |
Bat Avg1: | 14.33 |
100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
Top Score1: | 28 |
Deliveries1: | 54 |
Wickets1: | 0 |
Bowl Avg1: | – |
Fivefor1: | – |
Tenfor1: | – |
Best Bowling1: | – |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/– |
Date: | 21 April |
Year: | 2023 |
Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Players/5/5043/5043.html CricketArchive |
Frank Bertram Brooks (10 September 1884 – 19 August 1952) was a Southern Rhodesian sportsman who represented his country as a cricketer, a rugby union player and as a tennis player.[1]
Born in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India, on 10 September 1884, Frank Brooks was educated at Bedford School. He was a member of one of Southern Rhodesia's greatest sporting families, and the younger brother of Freddie Brooks OBE. He represented Southern Rhodesia in cricket, between 1909 and 1922, in rugby union and in tennis, and was Rhodesian men's doubles champion for twenty-one years, between 1910 and 1931.[2]
Frank Brooks died in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, on 19 August 1952, aged 67.[3]