Frank Brooks (sportsman) explained

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]

Biography

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CA details. 8 October 2014.
  2. Obituary, The Ousel, Vol.LVI, No.779, 13 December 1952, p.227
  3. Web site: Frank Brooks. ESPNcricinfo. 8 October 2014.