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| Full name | Frank Bertram Brooks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1884-09-10)10 September 1884 Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 August 1952(1952-08-19) (aged 67) Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1909/10–1922/23 | Rhodesia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: CricketArchive, 21 April 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
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.
Frank Brooks died in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, on 19 August 1952, aged 67.
References
- "CA details". Retrieved 8 October 2014.
- Obituary, The Ousel, Vol.LVI, No.779, 13 December 1952, p.227
- "Frank Brooks". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2014.