J. Brooks

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.

J. Brooks

Personal information
Full name	J. Brooks
Batting	Unknown
Bowling	Unknown-arm medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1892	Gloucestershire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 0 Batting average 0.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 0 Balls bowled 30 Wickets 1 Bowling average 31.00 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 1/31 Catches/stumpings 1/–
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

1. "First-Class Matches played by J. Brooks". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
2. "Sussex v Gloucestershire, 1892 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
3. "Today's Cricket: Sussex v Gloucestershire". Yorkshire Evening Post/British Newspaper Archive. Leeds. 13 June 1892. p. 4.

External links

• J. Brooks at ESPNcricinfo
• J. Brooks at CricketArchive